When news sources aligned to a particular business or political ideology choose to share misinformation, it can trigger an "arms race" where their rivals start sharing their own misinformation to ...

Australians routinely encounter misinformation in their everyday online lives, and it's not just limited to politics or ...

In recent years, the spread of fake news—particularly in the health domain—has become a significant concern. Misinformation ...

A growing body of research tracking the spread of misinformation online has largely focused on presumably false stories from unreliable sources—websites that fabricate content or intentionally mislead ...

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Far from a unifier, today, social media is more likely to be the source of misinformation and disinformation, deepen political divides, and erode public trust in everything from elections to public ...

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Users have spread false information about Tarantino dying in an Iranian missile attack and have posted fake AI images of him in a shelter.