‘Staged’: Conspiracy theories surge after shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
How conspiracy theories spread after the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting (pbs); ‘Staged’: Conspiracy theories surge after shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner (france24)
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2 bills on this issue are moving right now — and the most active one is Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025.
S1396 · 119th Congress
Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025
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This story is about How conspiracy theories spread after the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting. This bill would require large platforms/tools to support content provenance transparency and deter tampering with provenance data.
If passed, it would:
- Require large platforms/tools to support content provenance transparency and deter tampering with provenance data • Make it unlawful (in specified circumstances) to knowingly remove/alter/disable content provenance information.
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This story is about conspiracy and widespread online speculation after a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The bill would require large platforms to share data with approved researchers and publish moderation and algorithm reports to increase transparency.
If passed, it would
- Require platforms to share data with approved researchers under FTC rules • Create public content repositories and moderation statistics reports.
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