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Shannon Bond Shannon Bond is a correspondent at NPR, covering how misleading narratives and false claims circulate online and offline, and their impact on society and democracy.
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Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a hearing with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Conspiracy Theories Are Having A Moment — It's Bad For Democracy
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Christian thriller 'Sound of Freedom' faces criticism for stoking conspiracy theories
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Mira Sorvino and Tim Ballard attend the premiere of Sound of Freedom on June 28 in Vineyard, Utah. Ballard is a former federal agent who went on to found the controversial anti-human trafficking organization depicted in the film. Fred Hayes/Getty Images for Angel Studios hide caption
QAnon supporters are promoting 'Sound of Freedom.' Here's why
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest member of the Kennedy dynasty to run for president, regularly shares a dizzying range of falsehoods and conspiracy theories. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
RFK Jr. is building a presidential campaign around conspiracy theories
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves a meeting with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) in his office on Capitol Hill on September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Government Mostly Can't Talk To Social Giants — That's A Problem
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Visitors stand near screens displaying the Meta logo in Berlin on June 6. Under a U.S. judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing content that might contain "protected free speech." Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Judge limits Biden administration's communication with social media companies
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AI-generated images are everywhere. Here's how to spot them
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A recent video from Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis includes an image with three fake photos of former President Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci hugging. These three images appear to be AI-generated. DeSantis War Room/Screenshot and annotation by NPR hide caption
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YouTube announced on June 2 that it will no longer take down video that make false claims about the legitimacy of U.S. elections. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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An aerial view of The Pentagon on May 10, 2023. Images that purported to show smoke rising from the headquarters of the U.S. armed forces appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence tools. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Samuel Altman, CEO of OpenAI, greets committee chairman Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) while arriving for testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law May 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Lawmakers Want To Be Proactive On Artificial Intelligence Regulation
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Elon Musk speaking to journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at a conference in 2016. Musk's lawyers recently tried to argue in court that comments he made at that event could have been altered. Recode/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump watches a video of President Joe Biden playing during a rally for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the Miami-Dade Country Fair and Exposition on November 6, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption