Disclose.tv

For other uses, see Disclose (disambiguation).

Disclose.tv
Homepage in April 2023
Available inEnglish
Founded2007[1]
HeadquartersPassau, Germany[2]
OwnerFuturebytes GmbH & Co. KG[2]
URLdisclose.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]

  1. ^ "Disclose.tv". whois.domaintools.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ 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... On the Discord and Telegram group message for Disclose.tv, anti-vax conspiracies, antisemitism, racism, and transphobia are easy to find. On these platforms, messages run the gamut from moderate political beliefs and chatting about aliens to outright Holocaust denial and Nazism.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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...
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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...
  8. ^ Sources describing Disclose.tv as a disinformation outlet: [3][4][2][5][6][7]
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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...
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Sources describing Disclose.tv's promotion of conspiracy theories: [9][10][11][12][2][6]
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ Sources describing Disclose.tv's promotion of fake news: [14][15][16][17][18][10][2]
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ Cite error: The named reference Health Feedback-2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  22. ^ Sources describing Disclose.tv's promotion of anti-vaccine narratives: [20][21][12][2][6]
  23. ^ Cite error: The named reference Thomas-2022a was invoked but never defined (see the help page).