Head of Shuttered DHS Disinfo Agency Says She Got Death Threats Amid Right-Wing Campaign
Nina Jankowicz was targeted in online harassment attacking an initiative that would have fought disinformation.
Nina Jankowicz was targeted in online harassment attacking an initiative that would have fought disinformation.
Federal officials say border authorities wrongfully conducted surveillance against journalists and activists crossing between the United States and Mexico — but the United States stopped short of commenting on whether they broke the law in doing so. The Department of Homeland Security’s report addressed a practice first brought to light in a in a March …
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A second excerpt from U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks in Tulsa was misrepresented by disinformation purveyors.
Escalating tensions and questions about individuals in military uniforms led to a Facebook rumor that Blackwater private contractors were in Portland, Oregon.
Viral tweets claimed that border agencies turned away flu shot donations — even as new details emerged about a teenaged detainee’s flu-related death earlier in the year.
On December 12, 2018, a purported Department of Homeland Security memo about the proposed border wall began circulating on social media. Titled “Walls Work,” its original wording was widely described widely as “bizarre” due in part to its unusual, labored syntax. Visiting direct links to the memo led to a page that read in part: WE …