Fox News’s ‘vitriolic lies’ threaten democracy, says disinformation expert suing channel

Exclusive: Nina Jankowicz, who is suing over campaign of falsehoods, says if Fox isn't brought to account, it will not stop'

The woman suing Rupert Murdoch's Fox News for defamation in the wake of the $787m settlement with the voting machine company Dominion has accused the media giant of waging a campaign of vitriolic lies" against her that amounts to a threat to democracy.

Nina Jankowicz sued Fox News and its parent company Fox Corporation for allegedly damaging her reputation as a specialist in conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns. The lawsuit was lodged in a Delaware state court exactly a year after she resigned as executive director of a new Department of Homeland Security unit combatting online disinformation.