Pseudoscience is taking over social media – and putting us all at risk.
New evidence suggests most YouTube videos on climate change deny its existence. [Read now...]
The historian who can help us all make sense of the mess the world’s in.
We are, as Timothy Snyder is urgently reminding us, perilously close to the edge of the fascist cliff. [Read now...]
Facebook wants to combat fake news with ID checks — with ‘grave implications’ for our privacy.
People could be asked to prove their identity to continue posting political content or adverts on Facebook. [Read now...]
Both a creation and a catastrophe gave new life to America’s fake news.
From day one of America’s founding, its Constitution’s First Amendment has given any citizen or institution the right to print and distribute their opinion, or what they claimed are facts regardless of how true or distorted those so-called facts are. [Read now...]
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As scandal-hit Zuckerberg prepares to face a grilling in the US Senate, what counts as fact in a world of fake news?
Factfulness is the new buzzword defining the verifiable realities of the world, according to a new book, but most people’s grasp of the truth is informed by human instinct. [Read now...]
Digital nurse combats the 'Fake News' people get when they Google their cancer diagnosis.
In order to combat the excessive amount of "fake news" concerning cancer treatment, a charity has just appointed a digital nurse to dispel myths about cancer on the internet. [Read now...]
