[ad_1] Paxton, a former state representative who has cultivated the conservative base of the Republican Party, was first elected attorney general in 2014. He promised to fight the Affordable CareRead More
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Texas AG Ken Paxton launches investigation into fake Twitter accounts
[ad_1] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating fake accounts on Twitter for possible violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, expanding his effort to look under the hoodRead More
Almost half of Biden’s Twitter followers are fake audition shows
[ad_1] Nearly half of President Biden’s 22.2 million followers on Twitter are fake, according to a new audit. Software company SparkToro has determined that 49.3% of accounts following Mr. Biden’sRead More
Minneapolis police used traffic stops and fake social media profiles
[ad_1] “Of the 14 people killed by MPD officers since 2010, 13 were people of color or Indigenous,” the report says. “People of color and Indigenous individuals make up approximatelyRead More
How China Is Using Bots And Fake Twitter Accounts To Shape The Olympics
[ad_1] Published with this article ProPublicanonprofit investigative newsroom. BEIJING — In the Chinese-propaganda village of Potemkin, the Winter Olympics emerged as a pure success, a celebration of sport and politicalRead More
Fake Covid Masks Still Sold Everywhere
[ad_1] The domestic industry’s woes extend beyond the consumer mask market. In recent months, the medical supply giants that serve the nation’s major hospital systems have eagerly resumed purchasing lower-costRead More
How Fake News on Facebook Helped Spill a Border Crisis in Europe
[ad_1] BRUZGI, Belarus — After sleeping for more than a week in a cold camp on the border between Belarus and Poland and an unsuccessful raid across the border sprayedRead More
FBI: Hackers hacked email system, sent fake messages
[ad_1] According to the bureau, hackers targeted the FBI’s email system over the weekend and sent tens of thousands of official-looking emails warning of a cyberattack. The emails came fromRead More
Artificial intelligence fake face generators can rewind to reveal real faces they see.
[ad_1] But that assumes you can get the training data, says Kautz. He and his colleagues at Nvidia have come up with a different way to disclose private data thatRead More
Yale Says Vinland Map Once Called Medieval Treasure Is a Fake
[ad_1] In 1965, Yale made the map public, and the stories were published in major newspapers. Front page of The New York Times. At the time, school experts believed theRead More