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  • Technology

How are social media preparing for the election? With many guardrails off

Tech platforms have stepped back from many of the more aggressive measures they took to curb the spread of election rumors and falsehoods four years ago. But some platforms still have safeguards.

November 05, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Shannon Bond
People wait in line to cast their votes during in New York on October 26, 2024. Online, social media users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.

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  • Politics

Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for Republican lawsuits

One hub for rumors and conspiracies about voting is X, the social media site once known as Twitter. There, users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
A voter enters the Bucks County Administration building in Doylestown, Pa. on Oct. 31, 2024.

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  • National

An influencer thought someone dropping off ballots was ‘suspect.’ It was the postman

Even before Election Day, unsubstantiated rumors about voter fraud are beginning to focus on specific public servants and voters, leading to harassment and threats.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Lisa Hagen
A photo taken on October 4, 2023 in Manta, near Turin,  shows a smartphone and a laptop displaying the logos of the artificial intelligence OpenAI research laboratory and ChatGPT robot.

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  • Technology

OpenAI is rolling out a web search feature for ChatGPT

The function can be used manually or automatically. It is available now for certain users, and will be accessible for other users on a rolling basis.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Three images posted by the group Progress 28 on Facebook claiming to be ads for Kamala Harris, but misrepresenting her current<strong> </strong>positions.

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  • Politics

An Elon Musk-backed political group is posting fake Kamala Harris ads on Facebook

Ads seemingly advocating for Vice President Harris on Facebook are really part of an effort by a dark money group to mislead voters. The messages have been viewed millions of times.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

Hackers steal information from 31 million Internet Archive users

A hack on the world’s largest archive of the internet has compromised millions of users’ information and forced a temporary shutdown of its services. Andrew Mambo speaks with NPR's Emma Bowman.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Andrew Mambo and
  • Emma Bowman
A man votes at a public library turned into an early voting polling station in Black Mountain, N.C., on Oct. 29.

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  • Elections

Voting officials face an 'uphill battle' to fight election lies

The deck is stacked against election officials online, maybe even more so than in 2020. Conspiracy theories can quickly get millions of views while debunks gather a fraction of the attention.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Miles Parks
Trays of mail in ballots are stacked at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office on Oct. 21, 2024 in San Jose, Calif.

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  • Politics

A baseless voting claim is being amplified by a network of social media accounts

It’s unclear who runs the network of social media accounts that has gotten millions of views amplifying trending claims about alleged voting fraud.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Members of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team training for a radiological contamination scenario. For 50 years, the secretive team has been the first line of defense against nuclear emergencies.

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  • Science

Meet America's secret team of nuclear first responders

For 50 years, a secretive group of government workers has been preparing for the worst. Here's a rare look inside the team that's ready to respond to a nuclear incident anywhere, anytime.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
A lot of pills scattered on a blue background. A question mark laid out of pills. Counterfeit medicinal products. Empty space to insert text

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  • Technology

Don't get duped into buying fake products online. Look out for these 4 red flags

Counterfeit products, especially medicines and safety gear, can be dangerous. Here's how to spot them on e-commerce platforms like Amazon.

October 28, 2024
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra
Konami's latest entry in the Silent Hill franchise is proving to be a successful return to the story.

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  • Series: Join The Game

‘Silent Hill 2’ is a hit. That’s good news for Konami as it returns to the classics

The success of Silent Hill 2, and the announcement of several other projects, begs the question: How serious is Konami about revitalizing its most beloved franchises?

October 28, 2024
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By:
  • Vincent Acovino
Two buddies and a baby griffin enjoy a quiet moment of companionship.

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  • Video Game Reviews

Tonally inconsistent ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ is still BioWare’s best action game

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has superb combat and charismatic companions but if you're hoping for a return to the series' origins, you'll be disappointed.

October 28, 2024
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By:
  • Andy Bickerton
Director of the Board of Elections Tyler Burns holds a test ballot during a mail-in ballot processing demonstration on Sept. 30 in Doylestown, Pa. A fake video purporting to show ballots being destroyed in Bucks County, Pa., showed different envelopes and ballots than the county actually uses.

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  • Politics

Russia is behind fake video of ballots being destroyed, U.S. officials say

Federal intelligence officials and the FBI say Russia is behind the video, which has spread widely on social media, including Elon Musk’s X.

October 26, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Elon Musk jumps onstage at a town hall event hosted by America PAC in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Oaks, Pa., on Oct. 18.

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  • Politics

2 years in, Trump surrogate Elon Musk has remade X as a conservative megaphone

It's been nearly two years since Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X. He has turned the platform into a megaphone for himself and, increasingly, for former President Donald Trump.

October 25, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Bobby Allyn
A general view to the Kremlin towers and Ivan the Great cathedral in May 2024. U.S. intelligence officials say Russia was behind an attempt to spread baseless claims about Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.

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  • Politics

U.S. intel officials say Russia is behind attempts to smear Tim Walz

A video making lurid and false claims about the Democratic vice presidential candidate was spread by pro-Trump accounts. Intelligence officials say Russia was behind the video.

October 22, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
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