Watchdogs sound alarm over disinformation on Spanish-language radio ahead of midterms
Independent journalist Martina Guzman stands in front of a presentation describing her AI tool VERDAD that helps detect disinformation on Spanish-Language radio stations.
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Spanish-language radio has long been accused of being a conduit for conspiracies and falsehoods. In the past month alone, there have been outlandish claims ranging from Charlie Kirk’s assassination being linked to a $1.3 billion J.P. Morgan scandal to the baseless allegation that 300,000 children “disappeared” under the Biden administration. Another bizarre accusation: 15-year-old girls getting full mastectomies without parental consent in some states.
The latest one making the rounds, especially in heavily Latino Miami-Dade: Joe Biden lost the 2020 presidential election through ballot fraud. This despite those claims having long since been proven false — and despite Trump and his allies losing more than 60 lawsuit challenges in court, none of which produced evidence of manipulation.
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