News of disinformation

Meta tests fact-check replacement in Latin America

Today 16:35 Crowdsourced notes system, modelled on the one used by Elon Musk's X, is designed to supplant checks carried out by accredited newsrooms and fact-checking agencies.

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

Experts warn of growing ‘FIMI’ disinformation threat at conference

17-04-2026 12:55 Experts, journalists and academics examine how foreign actors use media manipulation and online networks to shape public debate at conference on ‘Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference’; Event highlights alleged foreign-linked influence operations and notes vulnerabilities of Latin America’s fragmented media ecosystems.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Russian psyops and the dance of the candidates

11-04-2026 07:34 The Milei administration is on the back foot, tired, hanging off the ropes, but is nowhere near knockout territory.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN

Investigation reveals Milei was targeted by Russia disinformation campaign

03-04-2026 19:17 A network linked to Russia’s intelligence services carried out a secret disinformation campaign against the President Javier Milei’s government in 2024, reveals an international consortium of media organisations citing leaked documents.

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Milei apes Trump with ‘Rapid Response Office'

05-02-2026 15:24 Milei government launches new 'Official Response Office' to “debunk operations”; Account will “combat disinformation,” says government, and distinguish “facts from narratives.”

DISINFORMATION & SOCIAL MEDIA

Patagonia’s wildfires become weapons of disinformation

14-01-2026 16:05 From Mapuche scapegoating to an alleged Israeli plot – how conspiracy theories, false narratives, AI images and political agendas distorted the truth behind the devastating blazes in southern Argentina.

by Giselle Leclercq

‘Information war’

Experts and diplomats unite to fight disinformation threat

13-05-2025 10:40 European diplomats, journalists and fact-checking specialists sound the alarm at international forum on disinformation in Buenos Aires.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

UKRAINE CONFLICT

Trump rift opens disinformation on Ukraine

27-02-2025 11:22 Disinformation targeting Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelenskyy is surging as Donald Trump's shift frays relations with Kyiv.

PROFILE

Brazil's polarising ex-president mired in legal woes

19-02-2025 15:19 Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro prepares 2026 election campaign atop legacy of disrupting the 'democratic order,' destroying the Amazon rainforest and violating human rights.

Hate Speech Hearing

Tech giants skip Brazil disinformation hearing

23-01-2025 10:44 Meta scraps its independent fact-checking program in the US, igniting fears about the spread of hate speech and disinformation in Brazil.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Rumours, lies and disinformation: ‘A lot of crazy’ in US election

03-11-2024 09:09 Elon Musk, Donald Trump helping amplify falsehoods about integrity of US election; Foreign actors also blamed by officials in Washington for sowing chaos.

News of disinformation

Meta tests fact-check replacement in Latin America

Experts warn of growing ‘FIMI’ disinformation threat at conference

Russian psyops and the dance of the candidates

Investigation reveals Milei was targeted by Russia disinformation campaign

Milei apes Trump with ‘Rapid Response Office'

Patagonia’s wildfires become weapons of disinformation

Experts and diplomats unite to fight disinformation threat

Trump rift opens disinformation on Ukraine

Brazil's polarising ex-president mired in legal woes

Tech giants skip Brazil disinformation hearing

Rumours, lies and disinformation: ‘A lot of crazy’ in US election

Lionel Messi nears deal to buy another football team

Messi closes in on takeover of Spanish second-division club

Argentina files lawsuit against oil firms operating off Malvinas

Argentina's PISA scores fall, Milei government blames predecessors

Inflation in Buenos Aires City slowed to 1.7% in August

Alejandro Fantino: "Llaryora no perdió nunca una final desde que defiende el título"

Myriam Bregman y Nicolás Del Caño convocaron a una marcha contra el Gobierno: cuándo y dónde será

Una encuesta revela cómo se divide el electorado entre rechazar a Milei o frenar al peronismo: "Votar al menos peor"

Sentencia: aseguradora no debe indemnizar al dueño de auto robado con las llaves puestas y las puertas abiertas

Arrestan al matrimonio dueño de una concesionaria: habrían estafado a 47 personas, incluyendo un diputado libertario y el hermano de Pichot