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IMAGE: Keith Giles [MidJourney] As novelist and comedian Mark Twain once said, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” Today, in the world of social ...

It is time to treat misinformation as the public health crisis it truly is, particularly among youth in marginalized Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities. Already underserved by ...

In 2018, a wave of wildfires in California sparked its own misinformation surge. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) famously asserted that “Jewish space lasers” and the Rothschild family were to ...

Given the ongoing and often heated debate about banning social media for under-16s, it’s easy to assume that young people are the only group at risk of online harm. Misinformation research often ...

Online misinformation that can fuel political violence and disrupt elections is a leading problem (McQuade 2024) of our time—an issue that technologists and policy makers widely discuss, but poorly ...

Trust is the foundation of any successful workplace, and transparency is the glue that holds it together. Yet misinformation—false or misleading information—can easily threaten both. Whether it’s ...

Meta-owned Facebook Messenger has significantly strengthened its platform in 2026 with updated message forwarding limits, enhanced privacy features, and new tools to curb the spread of misinformation.

A global survey from the United Nations found that over 85% of people around the globe are concerned about the impact of disinformation on their fellow citizens. Recent examples abound. From viral ...

TikTok is one of the fastest-growing and most popular social media platforms in the world—especially among college-age individuals. In the United States alone, there are over 136 million TikTok users ...