German disinformation outlet
Disclose.tv Homepage in April 2023
Available in English Founded 2007[1] Headquarters Passau , Germany[2] Owner Futurebytes GmbH & Co. KG[2] URL disclose .tv
Disclose.tv is a disinformation outlet[8] based in Germany that presents itself as a news aggregator .[2] [6] It is known for promoting conspiracy theories [13] and fake news ,[19] including COVID-19 misinformation [3] [2] [6] and anti-vaccine narratives.[22]
The website was created in 2007 as a conspiracy forum focused around content such as UFOs and paranormal phenomena. In 2021, it rebranded itself as a news aggregator on its social media platforms and website. Disclose.tv pushes far-right content, conspiracy theories and misleading information together with real news taken from other sources frequently without attribution, and platforms hate speech , including Holocaust denial and neo-Nazism , on its message groups.[2] [6] [23]
^ "Disclose.tv" . whois.domaintools.com . Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022 .
^ a b c d e f g h i Thomas, W. F. (12 January 2022). "Disclose.tv: Conspiracy Forum Turned Disinformation Factory" . Logically . Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022 . Disclose.tv, a disinformation outlet based in Germany, is bringing fake news to a timeline near you.
^ a b Guarino, Stefano; Pierri, Francesco; Di Giovanni, Marco; Celestini, Alessandro (1 March 2021). "Information disorders during the COVID-19 infodemic: The case of Italian Facebook" . Online Social Networks and Media . 22 : 100124. doi :10.1016/j.osnem.2021.100124 . ISSN 2468-6964 . PMC 8479410 . PMID 34604611 .
^ Jemielniak, D.; Krempovych, Y. (30 August 2021). "An analysis of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and fear mongering on Twitter" . Public Health . 200 : 4–6. doi :10.1016/j.puhe.2021.08.019 . ISSN 0033-3506 . PMC 8494632 . PMID 34628307 . The most retweeted (2015 retweets as of 26 March 2021) tweet from the second period was one by Disclose.tv, a site described as involved in disinformation.
^ "Claims that a phase 3 clinical trial showed that ivermectin is effective against Omicron are inaccurate and based on a now-corrected Reuters article" . Health Feedback . 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022 . ...the news agency's incorrect article and headline were shared a number of times on Twitter, including by podcaster Joe Rogan (who has since deleted his tweet), Germany-based disinformation outlet Disclose.tv...
^ a b c d e f Schumacher, Elizabeth (8 February 2022). "Disclose.TV: English disinformation made in Germany" . Deutsche Welle . Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022 . Disclose.TV uses grains of truth and English content to mask the way it operates, delivering far-right and conspiracy content to its millions of followers.
^ Manhire, Toby (8 June 2022). "Conspiracy theorists are losing their shit over a clip of Jacinda Ardern in New York" . The Spinoff . Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022 . A similar clip was posted by Disclose.tv, the Germany-based disinformation firehose...
^ Sources describing Disclose.tv's publication of disinformation: [3] [4] [2] [5] [6] [7]
^ Haas, Kyra (29 October 2018). "Zimbabwean inventor did not create an electric car that never needs charging" . PolitiFact . Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022 . The initial blog post was published in April 2018 on the conspiracy-fueled website Disclose.tv.
^ a b Caplan, David (6 December 2019). "Facebook refuses to take down anti-Semitic post" . Audacy . Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022 . Disclose.TV is a website notoriously known for publishing conspiracy theories and fake news, with a particular interest in publishing UFO-related stories.
^ Rothschild, Mike (20 December 2021). "Switzerland's viral 'suicide pod' reignites conspiratorial claims of 'med beds' " . The Daily Dot . Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022 . And a post on the Telegram channel of conspiracy theory account Disclose TV...
^ a b Palma, Bethania (5 January 2022). "No, 95% of Omicron Cases Are Not in Vaccinated People" . Snopes . Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022 . The post above was published on Twitter on Dec. 30, 2021, by the conspiratorial network Disclose TV.
^ Sources describing Disclose.tv's publication of conspiracy theories: [9] [10] [11] [12] [2] [6]
^ Allcott, Hunt; Gentzkow, Matthew; Yu, Chuan (1 April 2019). "Trends in the diffusion of misinformation on social media" (PDF) . Research & Politics . 6 (2). SAGE Publishing . arXiv :1809.05901 . doi :10.1177/2053168019848554 . ISSN 2053-1680 . S2CID 52291737 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022 .
^ Haenschen, Katherine; Shu, Mia X.; Gilliland, Jacob A. (12 June 2023). "Curated Misinformation: Liking Facebook Pages for Fake News Sites" . American Behavioral Scientist . doi :10.1177/00027642231175638 . ISSN 0002-7642 . S2CID 259408676 . Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023 .
^ LaCapria, Kim (10 August 2016). "Snowden Pronounced Dead by His Girlfriend in Russia" . Snopes . Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022 . Disclose.tv and Get Off the BS are sites known for publishing outlandish fabrications and fake news in order to attract readers.
^ Dicker, Rachel (14 November 2016). "Avoid These Fake News Sites at All Costs" . U.S. News and World Report . Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2022 .
^ "PolitiFact's guide to fake news websites and what they peddle" . PolitiFact . 20 April 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2022 .
^ Sources describing Disclose.tv as a fake news website: [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [10] [2]
^ Kasprak, Alex (31 March 2021). "Is the Biden Administration Creating or Mandating Vaccine Passports?" . Snopes . Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023 .
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