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Nonilex May 2, 2025

In total, he sought communications about 16 organizations, including #Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center & DHS’s’s #Cybersecurity & Infrastructure #Security Agency (#CISA), as well as…about 39 individuals.

Notably, this includes several #journalists: In addition to #Bellingcat & #AnneApplebaum, the document also asks for communications w/ #NBCNews senior reporter #BrandyZadrozny.

#ConspiracyTheories #law #Trump #privacy #InfoSec #RevengePolitics #FirstAmendment #democracy

Megaphone :verified:Feb 15, 2025

Brandy Zadrozny is an investigative reporter covering misinformation, extremism, and online influence. In this report, she unpacks Elon Musk’s sudden attacks on USAID, revealing how former alt-right YouTuber Mike Benz fueled the narrative. Once a Trump administration speechwriter, Benz has spent years pushing conspiracies, from CIA-linked deep-state plots to claims that Taylor Swift is a government asset. Despite the lack of evidence, Musk’s amplification is already impacting global aid distribution.

#ElonMusk #USAID #MikeBenz #Misinformation #Disinformation #BrandyZadrozny #Politics #ConspiracyTheories

Edward Champion Oct 17, 2024

Here is a reminder of how much of a disinformation practitioner that Brandy "Disinfo Expert" Zadrozny is. Someone tweeted and quoted HER EXACT WORDS on a video clip. And she claims, "This is absolutely not true." She has not business practicing journalism. She's a liar.

#brandyzadrozny #disinformation

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/decision-2024/how-a-fringe-online-claim-about-immigrants-eating-pets-made-its-way-to-the-debate-stage/5792215/?os=vbf&ref=app

#NBCNewYork

How a fringe online claim about #immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stage

by #HenryJGomez, #BrandyZadrozny, #AllanSmith and #JulieTsirkin 13 September 2024

#Election2024 #NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA #NeoNazi
#Fascists #GegenNazis #NoPasaran

How a fringe online claim about immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stage

Around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, tens of millions of television viewers watched as Donald Trump spread an unsubstantiated and racially charged rumor running wild…

NBC New York

Alan Lewis Mar 23, 2024

NBC News

The disinformation war has taken a toll, but researchers feel a shift

Researchers who study and combat disinformation have faced years of attacks. Recently, they've also achieved some quiet but significant victories.

March 23, 2024, 7:00 AM EDT / Updated March 23, 2024, 10:11 AM EDT
By Brandy Zadrozny

Brandy Zadrozny is a senior reporter for NBC News. She covers misinformation, extremism and the internet.

Interesting discussion of disinformation. Brandy Zadrozny put a lot of work into this piece. Tip of the hat.

#brandyzadrozny #centerforaninformedpublic #clemsonuniversity #darrenlinvill #democrats #disinformation #electionintegritypartnership #elonmusk #georgewashingtonuniversity #institutefordatademocracyandpolitics #jimjordan #justicesoniasotomayor #justicesotomayor #katestarbird #markrwarner #markwarner #matttaibbi #mediaforensicshub #michaelshellenberger #mikebenz #newcivillibertiesalliance #ninajankowicz #reneediresta #senatormarkwarner #senmarkwarner #soniasotomayor #stanforduniversity #stanfordinternetobservatory #stephenmiller #supremecourt #taylorswiftconspiracy #taylorswiftconspiracytheory #unitedstatessupremecourt #universityofwashington #ussupremecourt

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