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"A suit claims Trump admin🚨secretly recruited #climate deniers to write a report dismissing global warming, which the EPA chief cited to justify repealing the legal mandate to regulate climate pollution.

A "brazen violation of federal law," EDF lawyer says."
-T Gabriel

The ENVIR Defense Fund & the Union of Concerned Scientists, accused the #DOE & #EPA of “flagrant violations” of a law that governs advisory CMTEs.
#TrumpRegime #Lies #Disinformation #ClimateCrisis #USPol
nytimes.com/2025/08/15/climate

Chris Wright, head of the Department of Energy.
The New York Times · Environmental Groups Sue Over D.O.E. Report Downplaying Climate ChangeBy Lisa Friedman

"A special unit in Israel’s military was tasked with identifying reporters it could smear as undercover Hamas fighters, to target them and to blunt international outrage over the killing of media workers, the Israeli-Palestinian outlet +972 Magazine reports.

The “legitimisation cell” was set up after the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack to gather information that could bolster Israel’s image and shore up diplomatic and military support from key allies, the report said, citing three intelligence sources.

According to the report, in at least one case the unit misrepresented information in order to falsely describe a journalist as a militant, a designation that in Gaza is in effect a death sentence. The label was reversed before the man was attacked, one of the sources said.

Earlier this week, Israel killed the Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and three colleagues in their makeshift newsroom, after claiming Sharif was a Hamas commander. The killings focused global attention on the extreme dangers faced by Palestinian journalists in Gaza and Israel’s efforts to manipulate media coverage of the war.

Foreign reporters have been barred from entering Gaza apart from a few brief and tightly controlled trips with the Israeli military, who impose restrictions including a ban on speaking to Palestinians."

theguardian.com/world/2025/aug

The Guardian · Israeli unit tasked with smearing Gaza journalists as Hamas fighters – reportBy Emma Graham-Harrison
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@zolke.bsky.social I believe their main tactic is disinformation campaigns. I agree that educational initiatives are the way to deal with them.

Although we connected through a campaign against X, this particular disinformation tool is just the tip of the iceberg. How can we further mitigate the corrosive effect of disinformation on our democracies?

Malay Mail: Philippines slams AI-generated YouTube clip on Sabah stand-off with Royal Malaysian Navy, calls it ‘entirely fabricated’. “The Armed Forces of the Philippines has criticised a YouTube video spreading disinformation over an alleged stand-off with the Royal Malaysian Navy over contested Sabah waters and fishing rights. It had accused the 12-minute YouTube video by a little-known […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/15/malay-mail-philippines-slams-ai-generated-youtube-clip-on-sabah-stand-off-with-royal-malaysian-navy-calls-it-entirely-fabricated/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Malay Mail: Philippines slams AI-generated YouTube clip on Sabah stand-off with Royal Malaysian Navy, calls it ‘entirely fabricated’ | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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Canada is experiencing its second-worst wildfire season on record (more than 7.3 million hectares have burned so far in 2025) and it's been especially bad in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Paris Marx writes about how social media, particularly Facebook, has led to the spread of misinformation. False claims include that resources are being taken from one fire to prioritize another, and even that the states of emergency declared are part of a government campaign to take people's rights. "We can become accustomed to the harms of these platforms and the information environment they create, but the social damage really comes to the fore in a moment of crisis when you can see just how bad they are informing people," Marx says.

flip.it/5o4Hw1

Disconnect · Wading through the social media hazeBy Paris Marx

Speaking of #Truth vs #TrumpVirus – It’s in-your-face #authoritarianism #playbook - and terrific #psychopathology

>> Trump Has Resorted To Making Numbers Up — And Experts Say It Should Worry All Of Us

huffpost.com/entry/donald-trum

"The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about the harm he could do to the U.S. economy."

Hello#propaganda / #disinformation / #doublespeak

Goodbye NWS, #education, #science, #history ...

HuffPost · Trump Has Resorted To Making Numbers Up — And Experts Say It Should Worry All Of UsBy Igor Bobic

Viktor Orbán’s rival accuses Russia of election meddling in Hungary.

Opposition chief Péter Magyar blasted Moscow over “disinformation, threats, hackers, digital troll farms, smear campaigns and blackmail.”

mediafaro.org/article/20250814

Péter Magyar. | Zoltan Balogh/EPA
Politico.eu · Viktor Orbán’s rival accuses Russia of election meddling in Hungary.By Ketrin Jochecová