"Many victims of COVID-19
refused to get vaccinated or take basic health pre-
cautions after being exposed to mis- and disinfor-
mation online"
Reference used:
Michael A Gisondi et al, “A deadly infodemic: social media & the power of COVID-19 misinformation”,
jmir.org/2022/2/e35552
Michael A Gisondi, MD
The Precision Education and Assessment Research Lab
Department of Emergency Medicine
Stanford University
"Around the world, a child goes online
for the first time every half second, putting them at
risk of exposure to online hate speech and harm, in
some cases affecting their mental health."
Ref: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), “Protecting children online”, 23 June 2022.
"In a 2022 report, the Special Rapporteur [Irene Khan] on the promotion & protection of the right to freedom
of opinion and expression examined the impact
of weaponized information in sowing confusion,
feeding hate, inciting violence & prolonging
conflict" documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
"Information pollution was identified as a significant concern by 75 per cent of United Nations Development
Programme country offices in a 2021 survey.."..
Ref: UNESCO, working papers on digital governance and the challenges for trust and safety.
" UNESCO-commissioned research by the Social Media Insights Lab at the University of Carolina in 2022 found a significantly increasing trend in online mentions of the terms “fake news”, “misinformation” and “disinformation”"
"During the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a deluge of mis-
and disinformation about the virus, public health
measures and vaccines began to circulate on-
line"
"Certain actors exploited the confusion for
their own objectives,with anti-vaccine campaigners driving users to sites selling fake cures or
preventive measures"
Ref: Center for Countering Digital Hate, Pandemic Profiteers: The Business of Anti-Vaxx (2021) counterhate.com/research/pande…
"Some digital platforms have faced criticism of their role in conflicts, including the ongoing war in Ukraine"
Ref: United Nations News, “Hate speech: a growing, international threat”, 2023, & “Digital technology, social media fuelling hate speech like never before, ..”, 2022
"A small but vocal minority of climate science denialists continue to reject the consensus position and command an outsized presence on some digital platforms."
Ref: John Cook, “Deconstructing climate science denial”, in Research Handbook in Communicating Climate Change,.."
"Cook reported that Abraham et al. (2014) had summarized how papers containing denialist claims, such as claims of cooling in satellite measurements or estimates of low climate sensitivity, have
been robustly refuted in the scientific literature."
NYT :
"Updates: Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents Released ..
The documents shed new light on the disgraced financier’s relationships with several prominent figures, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ."..
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" Sergey Brin , the co-founder of Google and one of the richest men in the world, visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in St. Thomas, made plans to dine at Mr. Epstein’s home and corresponded with Ghislaine Maxwell "..
"The investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's network reveals the significance of Tim Newcome, his Citrix programmer. This sophisticated setup may have facilitated a remote voyeuristic operation, allowing elite clients to access hidden camera feeds."
FOIA Request for FBI Records on Timothy W. Newcome
"If Timothy W. Newcome — the same man listed as Epstein’s Citrix programmer — was relocated and sanitized in 2013 as part of an FBI or intelligence placement, then the most logical conclusion is this: thestealingofemily.co.uk/2025/08/08/foi…
"Starlink (operated by SpaceX)& Palantir Technologies are two prominent tech companies with growing intersections in the defense and national security sectors, particularly through collaborative efforts, shared ecosystems, and overlapping military applications as of Jan. 2026."
Palantir & Anduril announced a strategic partnership in Dec. 2024 to accelerate AI capabilities for national security, including integrating Palantir's AI Platform with Anduril's Lattice autonomous software for edge-to-cloud data flow in military ops.
Grok : "OpenAI's Sora (now in its Sora 2 iteration as of late 2025) is indeed pushing us toward a future where the boundaries between imagination and reality are blurring in profound ways..
Harvard Kennedy School , Institute of Politics
Spring 1996 :
" Edwina Rogers is a partner in the Washington law firm of Raffaelli, Spees, Springer & Smith." iop.harvard.edu/fellows/edwina…
Mother Jones, 1997
" Terry McAuliffe gathered a dozen or so friends and family members at the Hay-Adams Hotel.. Pres. Bill Clinton had crossed the street from the White House and then lingered to eat, drink, & sing tunes from “Hello, Dolly!”.. Al Gore..motherjones.com/politics/1997/…
" Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker,directed by Tom DeLonge, Edgar Martins, and Sergio Martins. The film focuses on the title character Poet, who discovers his guardian angel and destiny inside the Dream World, an alt universe created by humankind's shared unconscious thoughts.