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A major investigation into an unprecedented data leak by Forbidden Stories exposes Russia's foreign influence strategy across three continents. FRANCE 24's Jean-Emile Jammine speaks with Forbidden Stories journalist Lea Peruchon about the revelations so far. www.france24.com/en/video/202...
Secret documents reveal Russia’s cross-continental disinformation campaign
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www.france24.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM
A major investigation into an unprecedented data leak by Forbidden Stories exposes Russia's foreign influence strategy across three continents. FRANCE 24's Jean-Emile Jammine speaks with Forbidden Stories journalist Lea Peruchon about the revelations so far. www.france24.com/en/video/202...
Acne, contrary to unproven claims from a wellness influencer, is not an autoimmune response that can be treated by cutting out vegetables from your diet, reports Marisha Goldhamer. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com
February 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Acne, contrary to unproven claims from a wellness influencer, is not an autoimmune response that can be treated by cutting out vegetables from your diet, reports Marisha Goldhamer. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies, has again unleashed criticism on the administration, laying into the Republican party as it gears up for the 2026 midterm elections, reports Kathryn Palmer. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Trump administration: 'I'm not in a cult'
Along with criticizing policy decisions on healthcare, Epstein and foreign policy, Greene told the GOP to "stop the bullying."
eu.usatoday.com
February 20, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies, has again unleashed criticism on the administration, laying into the Republican party as it gears up for the 2026 midterm elections, reports Kathryn Palmer. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
The brain's power of logic and reasoning are dependent on receiving correct information. Thanks to the technology of the Internet and AI, misinformation is vastly increasing, writes Richard Restak. www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...
The Destructive Effects of Misinformation on the Human Brain
Cautionary examples of the increasing prevalence of misinformation in the 21st century.
www.psychologytoday.com
February 20, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The brain's power of logic and reasoning are dependent on receiving correct information. Thanks to the technology of the Internet and AI, misinformation is vastly increasing, writes Richard Restak. www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...
With the release of new ‘Epstein Files’, social media platforms has witnessed a spiral where people have shared some old conspiracy theories using the documents as supporting evidences. Aishwarya Varma and Abhishek Anand's debunk some of them. www.thequint.com/news/webqoof...
The Epstein Aftermath: How the Files Act as a Breeding Ground for Conspiracies
With the release of new ‘Epstein Files’, social media platforms has witnessed a spiral where people have shared some old conspiracy theories using the documents as supporting evidences. Read our…
www.thequint.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:01 AM
With the release of new ‘Epstein Files’, social media platforms has witnessed a spiral where people have shared some old conspiracy theories using the documents as supporting evidences. Aishwarya Varma and Abhishek Anand's debunk some of them. www.thequint.com/news/webqoof...
Thanks to an unprecedented data leak, Forbidden Stories reveals what goes on behind "The Company", a network of experts tasked with orchestrating disinformation campaigns around the world on Russia’s behalf, report Léa Peruchon and Eloïse Layan. forbiddenstories.org/propaganda-m...
Propaganda Machine: Secret documents reveal Russia’s foreign influence strategy across three continents - Forbidden Stories
Thanks to an unprecedented data leak, Forbidden Stories reveals what goes on behind "The Company", a network of experts tasked with orchestrating disinformation campaigns around the world on Russia’s…
forbiddenstories.org
February 19, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Thanks to an unprecedented data leak, Forbidden Stories reveals what goes on behind "The Company", a network of experts tasked with orchestrating disinformation campaigns around the world on Russia’s behalf, report Léa Peruchon and Eloïse Layan. forbiddenstories.org/propaganda-m...
Statues are not always about memory, they are becoming Moscow’s latest weapon, reports Fiona Greenland. archive.ph/OAYUw www.ft.com/content/cfc0...
Russia is using monuments to peddle misinformation
Statues are not always about memory — they are becoming Moscow’s latest weapon
www.ft.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Statues are not always about memory, they are becoming Moscow’s latest weapon, reports Fiona Greenland. archive.ph/OAYUw www.ft.com/content/cfc0...
Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics have been targeted by false accusations. These fake news reports and the way they have been spread bear all the hallmarks of the Russian disinformation campaign known as Operation Matryoshka, reports Charlotte Hughes. www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
Truth or Fake - 2026 Winter Olympics: Ukrainian athletes targeted by disinformation
In recent weeks, Ukrainian athletes and visitors at this year's Winter Olympics have been targeted by a string of false accusations. These fake news reports and the way they have been spread bear all…
www.france24.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics have been targeted by false accusations. These fake news reports and the way they have been spread bear all the hallmarks of the Russian disinformation campaign known as Operation Matryoshka, reports Charlotte Hughes. www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
The "pizza" references in the Epstein files that social media users highlighted have innocuous explanations, reports Jordan Liles. www.snopes.com/tracker/epst...
Epstein files don't prove 'pizzagate' conspiracy theory was real. Here's why
The "pizza" references in the Epstein files that social media users highlighted have innocuous explanations.
www.snopes.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The "pizza" references in the Epstein files that social media users highlighted have innocuous explanations, reports Jordan Liles. www.snopes.com/tracker/epst...
Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, says the president has a speech pre-written and is ready to address the discovery of aliens, reports Isabel Keane. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Lara Trump reveals president has speech ready to announce the discovery of aliens
The admission comes after former President Barack Obama went viral for claiming aliens are real
www.independent.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, says the president has a speech pre-written and is ready to address the discovery of aliens, reports Isabel Keane. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
A US congressman has made shocking (and unsupported - CS) claims that a hidden object, so massive it cannot be moved, has had an entire building constructed around it at a secret overseas location, reports Stacy Liberatore. archive.ph/gHUtj www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Secret 'immovable' UFO hiding is hiding in purpose-built structure
A US congressman made shocking claims that a hidden object, so massive it cannot be moved, has had an entire building constructed around it at a secret overseas location.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A US congressman has made shocking (and unsupported - CS) claims that a hidden object, so massive it cannot be moved, has had an entire building constructed around it at a secret overseas location, reports Stacy Liberatore. archive.ph/gHUtj www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Epstein conspiracy theories are growing. The new information isn’t water putting out the conspiracy fires. Instead it is more like adding gasoline to the conspiracy theory fire, writes Ira Hyman. www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/ment...
New Information Is Feeding Epstein Conspiracy Theories
Epstein conspiracy theories are growing. The new information isn’t water putting out the conspiracy fires. Instead it is more like adding gasoline to the conspiracy theory fire.
www.psychologytoday.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Epstein conspiracy theories are growing. The new information isn’t water putting out the conspiracy fires. Instead it is more like adding gasoline to the conspiracy theory fire, writes Ira Hyman. www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/ment...
Realfood.gov now features a chatbot tool that’s Elon Musk-affiliated — and rather skeptical of some MAHA initiatives, reports Sarah Todd. www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/n...
We tested the government’s official new AI nutrition tool: Grok
Realfood.gov now features a chatbot tool that’s Elon Musk-affiliated — and rather skeptical of some MAHA initiatives.
www.statnews.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Realfood.gov now features a chatbot tool that’s Elon Musk-affiliated — and rather skeptical of some MAHA initiatives, reports Sarah Todd. www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/n...
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines, reports Emily Mullin. archive.ph/wvteB www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees
The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines.
www.wired.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines, reports Emily Mullin. archive.ph/wvteB www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
The Prime Minister hit out at politicians ‘giving oxygen to conspiracy theories’ about the safety of vaccines. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer pleads with London parents to get children vaccinated as measles spreads
The Prime Minister hit out at politicians ‘giving oxygen to conspiracy theories’ about the safety of vaccines
www.standard.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The Prime Minister hit out at politicians ‘giving oxygen to conspiracy theories’ about the safety of vaccines. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Former US president clarifies ‘they’re real’ answer that he gave during quick-fire interview round, reports Maya Yang and Edward Helmore. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
No evidence aliens have made contact, says Obama after podcast comments cause frenzy
Former US president clarifies ‘they’re real’ answer that he gave during quick-fire interview round
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Former US president clarifies ‘they’re real’ answer that he gave during quick-fire interview round, reports Maya Yang and Edward Helmore. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The US government deployed xAI's Grok to give dietary advice, and it's giving some eyebrow-raising advice, reports Frank Landymore. futurism.com/artificial-i...
US Government Deploys Elon Musk's Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
The US government deployed xAI's Grok to give dietary advice -- and it's giving some eyebrow-raising advice.
futurism.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The US government deployed xAI's Grok to give dietary advice, and it's giving some eyebrow-raising advice, reports Frank Landymore. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Former President Barack Obama has been forced to clarify his bombshell claim that aliens truly do exist, report Mike Bedigan and Owen Scott. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Clean-up in Area 51: Obama forced to clarify his claim that aliens exist
‘Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there,’ Obama said, as he explained his theory
www.independent.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Former President Barack Obama has been forced to clarify his bombshell claim that aliens truly do exist, report Mike Bedigan and Owen Scott. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Without rapid cuts to fossil fuels and a shift to clean energy, climate change could drive over a billion into hunger by 2100, hitting Africa hard, writes Giovanni Strona, Joint Research Centre (JRC). theconversation.com/climate-chan...
Climate change could expose 1.1 billion people to hunger by 2100 (but there’s good news too) – AI modelling study
Without rapid cuts to fossil fuels and a shift to clean energy, climate change could drive over a billion into hunger by 2100, hitting Africa hard.
theconversation.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Without rapid cuts to fossil fuels and a shift to clean energy, climate change could drive over a billion into hunger by 2100, hitting Africa hard, writes Giovanni Strona, Joint Research Centre (JRC). theconversation.com/climate-chan...
Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds; It was something far darker: a project that cloaked eugenics, race science and sexual misconduct in Ivy League respectability, writes Virginia Heffernan. www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a…
www.thenerve.news
February 18, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds; It was something far darker: a project that cloaked eugenics, race science and sexual misconduct in Ivy League respectability, writes Virginia Heffernan. www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world, reports Peter Baker. archive.ph/qeTnV www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality
President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around…
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world, reports Peter Baker. archive.ph/qeTnV www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
Every year in Turkey, hundreds of women are recorded as having taken their lives by ‘throwing themselves from a high place’. But many grieving families maintain that investigators are missing the full story, report Ruth Michaelson and Beril Eski. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
‘There’s no way my daughter would have jumped’: why are so many Turkish women falling to their deaths?
Every year in Turkey, hundreds of women are recorded as having taken their lives by ‘throwing themselves from a high place’. But many grieving families maintain that investigators are missing the…
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Every year in Turkey, hundreds of women are recorded as having taken their lives by ‘throwing themselves from a high place’. But many grieving families maintain that investigators are missing the full story, report Ruth Michaelson and Beril Eski. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles, reports Lily Jamali. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instagram and YouTube owners built 'addiction machines', trial told
The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles, reports Lily Jamali. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Taking testosterone in old age is safer than we first thought but its benefits are still overblown, reports Jonathan Jarry. www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
The Gold Rush of Testosterone Replacement Therapy
If you’ve never injected yourself with dog semen, don’t worry: someone has done it for you. Seventy-one years after the initial publication of Frankenstein, the medical journal The Lancet would…
www.mcgill.ca
February 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Taking testosterone in old age is safer than we first thought but its benefits are still overblown, reports Jonathan Jarry. www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
