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Facebook’s fact-checking program relies on third-party fact-checking and news organizations to help weed out fake and misleading news on the platform. That limits the program from scaling up, since there […]
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On May 18, 1864, U.S. troops marched into lower Manhattan and entered the offices of two key New York City newspapers. Soldiers leveled guns at staff members’ heads. They blocked […]
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Within minutes of President Trump announcing that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, the interwebs were awash in speculation and conspiracy theories. Is Trump faking […]
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Everybody celebrates the hope and promise; if you google “Covid and AI” you get something like 2.7 million hits. But it’s easy to gloss over the hype and the peril. […]
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U.S. elections face extreme pressure in 2020. The Covid-19 crisis has created new challenges for election officials and pushed them to make last-minute changes to the voting process, typically with […]
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We are seeking volunteers for running the 2nd annual Conference for Truth and Trust Online (TTO) which will be held virtually on October 16th (Friday) and 17th (Saturday). In exchange […]
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NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with two scholars — Arie Perliger and Nina Jankowicz — about how Trump’s questioning of mail-in voting and misinformation surrounding his health may affect the election. […]
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As publics around the world look to scientists and the research and development process to bring new treatments and preventive strategies for the novel coronavirus, a new international survey finds […]
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On Wednesday, Sept. 23, the hyper-partisan, right-wing news website Gateway Pundit published an article stating that a batch of mail — including absentee ballots — had been found in a […]
