The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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As China, Iran, and Russia leverage AI tools and the Trump administration buys in to disinformation, voters and election officials must be more vigilant than ever.

Influencers are using prediction market odds to sow doubt in vote counting, in some cases in posts paid for by the companies themselves.

The DOJ is now very much an active participant in the online discourse that promotes and perpetuates ideas that are barely connected to reality.

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The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.