In the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10, 2024, fact-checkers found several inaccuracies in the candidates’ statements. With extremely timely topics ranging from abortion to immigration and the economy, both candidates made claims that need clarification.
Covid-19 is not alone in its pernicious spread, causing mass hysteria among the public. Another pandemic has ravaged communities, taking advantage of the chaos caused by Covid-19 — a pandemic of misinformation.
Fake news related to this virus spread rampantly in 2020 through social media platforms, capitalizing on existing anxiety and uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and inciting panic, distrust and chaos.
Conspiracy theories are based on thinking patterns that are known to be unreliable tools for tracking reality. Learn about these problematic thinking patterns.
Social media platforms and tech companies are developing tougher user policies and methods for detecting and removing fake accounts and misleading or false information ahead of the 2020 election.
Information on the coronavirus wasn’t available quickly enough, which left a void for conspiracy theories and misinformation to fill in the gaps.
While governments have always combated conspiracies and misinformation, today’s challenge lies in the fact that social media and new media multiply the number of distribution channels.
This NPR article examines the major takeaways from the testimony of the Facebook Whistleblower.
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As the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches, foreign influence operations and AI-generated content have become...