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Americans are being defrauded of more money than ever before as cybercriminals enhance their scams with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The FBI recorded $21 billion lost to cybercrime in 2025, the highest ever. Cases related to AI were among the costliest, and AI-enhanced scams are now 4.5 times more profitable than traditional methods. Here are some tips to protect yourself and your loved ones from being scammed.
On March 1, a gunman fired into the crowd at a bar in Austin, TX, killing three people. The gunman, a US citizen born in Senegal, was wearing a shirt with an Iranian flag design and a sweatshirt that said “Property of Allah”. Some Texas Republicans have called the shooting an act of terror motivated by radical Islam and have demanded a ban on Muslim immigrants.
On January 5, the Department of Health and Human Services reduced the number of diseases targeted on the childhood immunization schedule from 17 to 11. The changes come due to false claims pushed by President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the number of vaccines for U.S. children could be linked to chronic health conditions or autism.
Protests broke out in Los Angeles on June 6 after ICE raided workplaces in the city and arrested 44 people for alleged immigration violations. Days of demonstrations resulted in President Trump deploying about 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the city, and a widespread circulation of falsehoods and misleading claims on social media. Here are the facts.
Since the launch of the Asian American Disinformation Table (AADT) in 2022, there have been significant developments in technology; dismantling of guardrails on social media platforms; and a fundamental shift in rhetoric targeting diverse communities. In response, Viet Fact Check adapted our approach. The results have been published in the new 2025 AADT landscape report, “Where Do We Go From Here?: Asian Americans, Diaspora, & Disinformation”.
Documented spoke to the Vietnamese popstar Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên to find out how scammers misappropriated her image to market their products.