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Brazil ordered to eliminate false news about Lula

Published on: October 30, 2022
11:47

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Brasilia, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The president of Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Alexandre de Moraes, ordered the elimination of publications by allies of President Jair Bolsonaro that swarm with false news about former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Disinformation, key player Brazilian elections

Published on: October 26, 2022
11:59

By: Martin Hacthoun

Brasilia (Prensa Latina) The spreading of fake, slanderous news on a large scale in the campaign for the October 30 runoff election in Brazil hurts democracy and directly affects the right to free and truthful campaigning.

Cuban Parliament denies school year suspension news

Published on: September 28, 2022
19:18

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) The circulation of a fake news about an alleged suspension of the school year 'until Cuba´s power service is utterly restored' was strngly denied on Wednesday by the Cuban parliament.

Argentinian government denounces dissemination of fake news

Published on: September 1, 2022
13:53

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Buenos Aires, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) The Argentinian Government on Thursday denounced "the malicious dissemination of false information based on sworn statements submitted to the Anticorruption Office."

Aggression against Cuba in the form of pixels

Published on: May 6, 2022
00:15

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) An image used by the German network Deutsche Welle (DW) is going around the world today in what is considered a new media aggression against Cuba in the unconventional war described by experts.

Brazilian lawmakers reject bill on fake news

Published on: April 7, 2022
08:37

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Brasilia, Apr 7 (prensa Latina) The Chamber of Deputies of the Brazilian Congress rejected the urgency requirement of the proposal that seeks to avoid in Brazil fake news.

Central Bank of Cuba denies alleged sale of foreign currency

Published on: January 26, 2022
09:12

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Havana, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) denied false information circulating on social networks about an alleged sale of US dollars and other currencies to Cuban citizens.

Chilean deputies are proposing a bill against fake news on Internet

Published on: January 6, 2022
11:08

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Santiago de Chile, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) Chilean legislators from the Broad Front presented a bill to regulate digital platforms and social media in order to prevent fake news that are currently proliferating on the Internet.

Bolsonaro accused of associating Covid 19 vaccines with Aids

Published on: October 26, 2021
10:10

By: Prensa Latina

Brasilia, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) Opposition parliamentarians filed a criminal notice in Brazil's Supreme Court against President Jair Bolsonaro for associating the anti-Covid-19 vaccine and AIDS, judicial sources confirmed today.

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