Dr. Hein was drawn to the natural history of misinformation through his research on fish. He and his colleagues observed the ...

Elon Musk’s chatbot said Edward Crabtree – a fictional 47-year-old IT professional – was the hero who tackled one of the ...

Factchecking organisation Full Fact has uncovered hundreds of fake videos, raising urgent questions about the policing of ...

Simple steps like this help to curb some other pieces of misinformation that have circled the Bondi shooting — including that ...

Bhubaneswar, The titular king of Puri, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, on Monday accused the International Society for Krishna Consciousness of spreading “misinformation” against Shree Jagannath ...

The solution is clear: We must reaffirm evidence-based immunization policies, strengthen public education about vaccine ...

From claims that vaccines don't work to manipulated images and deliberately misrepresenting what politicians say, social ...

Twenty-one years after Facebook's launch, Australia's top 25 news outlets now have a combined 27.6 million followers on the platform. They rely on Facebook's reach more than ever, posting far more ...

Misinformation circulated widely on platforms including X, echoing a pattern seen during previous disasters such as the Noto ...

In the evening of Dec. 14, a large crowd of people gathered on Australia's Bondi Beach to celebrate the first night of ...

When a crisis strikes, rumors and conspiracy theories often spread faster than emergency officials can respond and issue ...

"A lie spreads faster than the truth," said Eric Feinberg, "Don't take it at face value.” Feinberg, Coalition for a Safer Web, works to understand the online world’s impact on our real one with the ...