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INTEGRITY
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NOUN
1. The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state;
2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive;
3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.

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**The Problem**

There is an abundance of research documenting why misinformation is created, how it is spread, and which populations are most susceptible, and yet there are no solutions to date that clearly address the full magnitude of the problem.
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**Our Mission**

Includes uncovering the manipulative patterns behind misinformation specifically in Arizona, such as the originating sources, targets, intended influences, biases, and actual impact of such distribution, in addition to other factors.
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Misinformation Coverage

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Elections Canada has been in touch with social media platforms about election misinformation

Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault says people tend to overestimate how good they are at spotting fake and misleading election content. He says he's contacted major social media companies about the issue to ensure a 'secure election.'
CBC News Canada

PM says France is the top EU target for foreign disinformation campaigns

France has, in recent years, witnessed more disinformation campaigns coming "from abroad," including Russia, than any other European country apart from Ukraine, Prime Minister François Bayrou said last week.
Le Monde

Remedy Supported by Kennedy Leaves Some Measles Patients More Ill

Doctors in West Texas are seeing measles patients whose illnesses have been complicated by an alternative therapy endorsed by vaccine skeptics including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary. Parents in Gaines County, Texas, the center of a raging measles outbreak, have increasingly turned to supplements and unproven treatments to protect their children, many of whom are unvaccinated, against the virus.
The New York Times

Disinformation experts blast Trump’s executive order on government censorship as ‘direct assault on reality’

One of President Donald Trump’s first actions as he returned to the Oval Office in January was signing an executive order aimed at “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship” of US citizens. The order bans federal officials from any conduct that “would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.”
CNN

Voice of America journalists speak out after Trump administration shuts down network

As of last week, the Voice of America is silent. The storied broadcaster was launched in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, but two weeks ago president Donald Trump usurped Congress' authority and signed an executive order effectively shutting down the taxpayer funded broadcaster for what the White House calls "radical propaganda."
60 Minutes

Austria says it has uncovered a Russian-steered campaign to spread disinformation about Ukraine

Austrian authorities said Monday that they uncovered a Russian-steered campaign aimed at spreading disinformation about Ukraine following the detention in December of a Bulgarian woman accused of spying for Russia.
The Associated Press