Israeli Company Looks Into Whether Disinformation Can Be Fought Without Censoring News

Israeli Company Looks Into Whether Disinformation Can Be Fought Without Censoring News
A copy of The Economist magazine on a news stand in London on Aug. 12, 2015. JACK TAYLOR/AFP/Getty Images
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Over the past couple of years, disinformation has gone from being an obscure concept of propaganda to becoming a common household term. It refers to a form of deception meant to make false claims appear real and to alter conclusions on events and information.

As social media platforms have begun looking for ways to fight disinformation, new concerns have begun to emerge about how to distinguish truths from falsehoods and determine which interpretations of news are legitimate.

Joshua Philipp
Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include "The Real Story of January 6" (2022), "The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America" (2022), and "Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus" (2020).
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