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The latest major news organisation to work with the company is Britain's Daily Mail, according to NewsGuard, which upgraded what it calls its "nutrition label" rating on the paper's site to "green" on Thursday, indicating it "generally maintains basic standards of accuracy and accountability." … [Read more...] about NewsGuard’s ‘real news’ seal of approval helps spark change in fake news era

The concern over Russia’s influence in the West has grown considerably in the past few years, particularly the Russian regime’s use of information technologies to malign unfriendly Western politicians and undermine the Western public’s faith in democracy. Christopher Paul and Miriam Matthews, for instance, argued that Russia’s influence strategy is based on a "firehose of falsehood" propaganda model, grounded in a “shameless willingness to disseminate partial truths or outright fictions” through multiple channels simultaneously. Similarly, the term "sharp power" was recently coined by Christopher Walker and Jessica Ludwig to describe Russia’s behaviour, which is a type of influence that “target[s] audiences by manipulating or poisoning the information that reaches them.” … [Read more...] about Russia’s influence is much more than propaganda and fake news

The Kremlin said Monday that Trump had invited the Russian leader to the White House when they spoke by telephone last month. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded that the White House was among “a number of potential venues” discussed. … [Read more...] about News briefs: White House crafting hard-line immigration bill

Video posted on Twitter showed the first lady wearing a sleeveless black dress and strolling into the East Room accompanied by President Donald Trump. The president showed her to a seat in the front row before he headed for the stage. … [Read more...] about Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment at 12:20 a.m. EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California voters are deciding whether to remove a judge from office for the first time in decades because he sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault to a short jail sentence instead of prison. … [Read more...] about Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment at 12:25 a.m. EDT