Expecting black-and-white answers can make it hard to see the truth.
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A psychologist explains how opponents of climate policies use a common thinking error to manipulate the public – and why people are so susceptible.
There are no standards for what it takes to be a journalist.
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A news organization doesn’t have to publish or broadcast the facts or the truth. And there are no standardized requirements to be a journalist.
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We need more scrutiny of TikTok as Indonesia gears up for general and presidential elections next year.
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More than 5,000 documents were leaked by an anonymous whistleblower.
This is a fake AI-generated image.
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AI tools are now generating content that’s difficult to distinguish from reality.
Which is it?
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A philosopher unpacks the ‘ethics of belief’ for an age awash in bad information.
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Local journalism should be recognised as an essential element for nurturing the UK’s diverse, civic communities.
A protection that is, at least in this Philadelphia park, carved in stone.
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‘Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.’ It’s often misunderstood, by many Americans. A constitutional scholar explains what it really boils down to.
Beset by advertisements and noxious information, our attention is increasingly fractured.
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Lateral reading, self-nudging and a persistent refusal to feed the trolls are some of the ways one can better manage information.
Don’t believe the hype about Bigfoot, a flat Earth or ancient aliens.
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A university course teaches students why people believe false and evidence-starved claims, to show them how to determine what’s accurate and real and what’s neither.
Understanding our confirmation biases can help us tackle fake news and misinformation.
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Teaching students about information literacy can help them determine what kinds of practices make news reports trustworthy.
Fake reviews of products and services are rampant online – and are often hard to pick out from the real ones.
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Online reviews have a big impact on buying decisions – but how can shoppers sort the real ones from the fakes?
It’s safe to say that Elon Musk has transformed Twitter.
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The intersection of content management, misinformation, aggregated data about human behavior and crowdsourcing shows how fragile Twitter is and what would be lost with the platform’s demise.
A man holding a Q sign waits in line to enter a Donald Trump rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 2018.
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The key to understanding online conspiracy theorists is to understand how the line between fantasy and reality can become blurred.
For the first time, we are asking readers if they can help support our mission to share knowledge in order to inform decisions.
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Written in a breezy and accessible style, How to Stage a Coup is a dazzling compendium of underhanded tactics.
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Our new paper shows how Indonesian-language disinformation promoting government narratives on special autonomy has swamped Twitter since February 2021.
Emotions can get in the way of knowing what’s true.
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What’s true and what’s not? An expert in media literacy explains how to evaluate information.
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The disinformation age is changing what it means to produce fair or balanced reporting.
Get a shot of preparation and protect yourself from malicious information warriors.
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As elections approach – and even after they’re done – there’s a lot of confusing, and deliberately misleading, information out there. Learn how to protect yourself.