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Russia has used social media to influence U.S. elections since 2016, according to U.S. intelligence assessments.
WORLD
Oct 17, 2026
Russia is using an army of bots to push fake U.S. election videos
The disinformation aims to inflate view counts of fictitious posts about celebrities and Democratic candidates ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
A recent Book Camp gathering in Nagoya. Khanh Nguyen Phu, a native of Vietnam, started the community group as a way to bring together families in his neighborhood through reading, games and discussions.
COMMUNITY / Issues
Oct 4, 2026
Amid shifting attitudes toward immigrants, disinformation unsettles Vietnamese in Japan
As Japan tightens its visa rules, some Vietnamese say their community has become a target of anti-immigration disinformation.
The proliferation of ads generated by artificial intelligence in U.S. federal, state and local elections comes against the backdrop of declining trust in the technology.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2026
AI-generated political ads warp reality ahead of U.S. midterms
The largely unregulated form of political communication is increasingly being adopted despite a broader backlash against AI-generated content.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Thursday. Artificial intelligence-crafted distortions are saturating the Israeli information environment just weeks before the country’s most consequential elections in decades.
WORLD
Sep 22, 2026
Fake and divisive ads proliferate in Israel’s first AI election
Israel’s elections will be the country’s first since the deadly Hamas attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks in Naha late on Sunday. Tamaki failed to secure reelection in the Okinawa gubernatorial race the same day.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2026
False social media post before Okinawa vote shared by many outside prefecture
The false post claimed that Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki had decided to relocate the U.S. Futenma base in Ginowan to the Henoko coastal area in Nago.
A medical assistant draws a measles, mumps and rubella vaccination to be administered to a young person in Coral Gables, Florida on Aug 13.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 16, 2026
New measles deaths send U.S. fatalities to decades high
The deaths are a grim milestone in the return of a disease that the U.S. once largely considered vanquished.
Flooding damage on the Trishuli River in Betrawati, Nepal, on Sept. 4
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2026
How China and Nepal are battling flood rumors online
Both countries have gone after fake posts on the flood, but Beijing has done more to suppress footage and punish people challenging official figures.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2026
Japanese officials battling misinformation on social media
A ministry official highlighted a benefit of sharing information under individual names, saying that officials “can post (information) smoothly without complicated procedures.”
Japan's heavy reliance on X makes it particularly vulnerable to foreign and domestic disinformation, requiring stronger fact-checking and platform transparency to protect democratic resilience.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 10, 2026
How disinformation on X imperils 91AV原创 democracy
91AV原创 writing system allows a user to convey a complex thought within a single 140-character post, making the platform far more expressive and functional in Japanese.
Television screens in Tokyo show news coverage of a powerful earthquake hitting Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28. Some social media accounts have claimed that shaky footage of the quake was fake.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 4, 2026
Disinformation abounds online in aftermath of Kumamoto quake
AI-generated images, anti-immigration sentiments and hoaxes are flourishing online following the quake.
The X account of Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, 
chief of staff of the Defense Ministry's Joint Staff
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2026
Japanese officials open X accounts to counter China’s cognitive warfare
In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the SDF recognizes the importance of addressing cognitive warfare, which is conducted through disinformation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a meeting on the sidelines of their visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2026
White House weighs releasing controversial intel on China and U.S. elections, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump may disclose the intelligence, which was collected and analyzed during his first term, in a speech that he is set to deliver on Thursday night.
The Upper House on Monday passed a bill to establish a new disaster management agency and legislation aimed at curbing the online spread of election-related misinformation and defamation.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 13, 2026
Upper House passes bill to set up disaster management agency
Bills aimed at curbing the spread of election-related misinformation and defamation on social media and the internet were also passed on Monday.
Sudanese women gather for a hot meal in al-Rahmaniyah camp for displaced people, near the city of El-Obeid in the southern Kordofan region of Sudan on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2026
Misinformation inciting harm to refugees, UNHCR says
Artificial intelligence is exacerbating the spread of such misinformation and hate speech, according to the U.N. refugee agency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, during a welcoming ceremony before talks at the Kremlin in Moscow in May 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2026
Scarier than fiction: ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ comes to life
The objective is not to promote authoritarianism directly, but to corrode the trust that sustains democratic societies and international cooperation grounded in rule of law.
A supporter holds a flag calling for unlimited constitutional powers for Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he stands near the State Historical Museum and the Kremlin wall in central Moscow on June 23.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2026
Russia’s Wiki warfare tries to distort reality, documents show
Russia’s “Project 2026” wasn’t just to spread misinformation on social media — its main goal to create an alternative information ecosystem.
The greatest threat to the American republic is not any particular conspiracy but a paranoid political mindset that increasingly views opponents as agents of vast and sinister plots.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2026
U.S. politics is reaching peak paranoia
The paranoid style begins with a simple proposition: The world is divided between good and evil.
A revised election law under consideration would stipulate that "social media users must not harm the fairness of elections" through false statements or factual distortion.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 14, 2026
Japan eyes responsibility of social media users during elections
The government expects to get the legislation enacted during the current parliamentary session ending in July.
A giant screen shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping meeting U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing on May 14. China distorts narratives portraying Japan as a military threat while similar dynamics in the U.S. erode truth and accountability.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2026
Defending democracy from the global war on reality
From Beijing to Washington, the very concept of objective truth feels unattainable
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Ichiro Aisawa (right) addresses a meeting of a cross-party council on election campaigning held in a parliamentary building on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2026
Japan to order social media operators to combat misinformation in elections
Actions expected to be taken by social media operators include halting reward payments to users and improving their capacity to respond to content deletion requests.

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