Reports about online misinformation and disinformation from NewsGuard's analysts.
Reports
Pro-China Disinformation Campaign Claims US Started Maui Fires in a ‘Weather Weapons’ Experiment, Falsely Citing the UK’s MI6
NewsGuard identified a network of 85 pro-China social media accounts falsely claiming the U.S. military caused the Hawaiian wildfires.
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Misinformation Monitor
August
NewsGuard has identified 37 sites that use artificial intelligence to repackage articles from mainstream news sources without providing credit.
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Red-Teaming Finds OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard Still Spread Misinformation
NewsGuard’s repeat audit of two leading generative AI tools finds an 80 to 98 percent likelihood of false claims on leading topics in the news.
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Misinformation Monitor
July
Target is “satanic,” Hobby Lobby sells “demon” merchandise, Barilla pasta is “made with insect flour”: Videos on TikTok advancing false and misleading claims about prominent brands garnered 57 million views in a NewsGuard analysis.
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Exclusive: NewsGuard Uncovers Network of Italian-Language Unreliable AI Generated Sites
NewsGuard identified 36 sites that each appear to operate with little or no human oversight and publish articles written largely or entirely by bots, sharing a common postal address.
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Misinformation Monitor
June
NewsGuard identified 141 brands that are feeding programmatic ad dollars to low-quality AI-generated news and information sites operating with little to no human oversight.
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