Matthew Metro didn't recognize the face that popped up on his cellphone screen when he clicked a link that a friend texted him last week. But after hitting play on the online video, he was dismayed by what he saw.

"My name is Matthew Metro,…

A Russian-aligned propaganda network notorious for creating deepfake whistleblower videos appears to be behind a coordinated effort to promote wild and baseless claims that Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz sexuall…

Earlier this month, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz was plagued by MAGA rumors that he had sexually groomed a former student of his. Now it appears that unfounded gossip was funded by a familiar source of misinformation: Russi…

A video shared widely on X purports to show a former Mankato West High School student accusing Tim Walz of sexually assaulting him when the Democratic vice presidential candidate was a teacher at the Minnesota school decades ago. But the ma…

U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday said Russians seeking to disrupt the U.S. elections created a faked video and other material smearing Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz with abuse allegations and are considering fomenting …

Russian disinformation groups likely orchestrated baseless claims targeting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, falsely accusing the vice presidential candidate of sexually assaulting his students while he was a high school teacher, according to asses…

Russia was behind salacious false claims against Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz that circulated widely on social media last week, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

"The intelligence community assesses that Russian inf…

Russia was behind recent social media posts making baseless and salacious claims about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday.

Why it matters: It's the latest example of foreign actors trying to shape the outcome …

The Russian government created the fake viral video of a former student of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz accusing him of sexual abuse, U.S. intelligence said.

"The [intelligence community] assesses that Russian influence a…

If you're even a little bit familiar with politics, you probably already know about the infamous October surprise, a news event that breaks the month before the election with the potential to influence the presidential race. This year, the …

A viral post on X by a user entrenched in the QAnon conspiracy sphere claimed that a former student of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Matthew Metro, alleged that Walz sexually assaulted him in 1997 when he was still a student. The move is part of…

Iranian hackers are gearing up for a potentially major influence operation ahead of the U.S. elections, running parallel to increased election interference efforts from China and Russia, Microsoft said in a report released Wednesday.

The fi…

Russian spies hired an ex-US marine to spread fake news aimed at smearing the Harris campaign that likely included rumours Tim Walz groped his former students, it has been revealed.

John Mark Dougan, a former county sheriff's deputy in Flor…

We are launching The Dougan Russian Disinformation Depository to give a name, a face, a personality, a personal modus operandi, and a personal history to the sometimes nebulous phenomenon of Russian disinformation.  

John Mark Dougan, a for…

Russian, Iranian, and Chinese trolls are all ramping up their US election disinformation efforts ahead of November 5, but – aside from undermining faith in the democratic process and confidence in the election result – with very different o…

In the final days before Tuesday's vote, Russia abandoned any pretense that it was not trying to interfere in the American presidential election.

The Kremlin's information warriors not only produced a late wave of fabricated videos that tar…