Two months ago, The New York Times asked readers to send examples of election-related misinformation they saw online. Readers responded. In all, more than 4,000 examples of misinformation were ...

Decades of psychological research suggest that authoritarian leaders and their admirers consistently share one thing in common: they twist the truth. To accomplish this, such leaders frequently follow ...

It's easy to call for crackdowns on 'misinformation', but how do you regulate such an amorphous term, asks Paul Ormerod.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Media literacy is more essential than ever. Wanlee Prachyapanaprai/iStock via Getty Images Plus The global anti-vaccine movement ...

Misleading information online is often treated as a technical glitch, something that better algorithms or stricter moderation can fix. But research points to a more complex reality. That is, the rise ...

Australia is facing a wave of misinformation and disinformation on climate change and energy. This is being fuelled by the growth in artificial intelligence and allowed to spread freely on social ...

The spread of misinformation can be driven by a variety of factors, and some purveyors of misinformation have been shown to employ a number of different strategies and tools to enhance spread. This ...

Half the global population are voting in elections in 2024. Many already have. This has prompted concerns about fairness and electoral integrity, particularly with the growth of generative AI. A ...

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This past July, maybe you were one of the more than 200 million people who watched a video of rabbits bouncing on a backyard trampoline, captured—or so it seemed—on a home security camera. Maybe you ...

The global anti-vaccine movement and vaccine hesitancy that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic show no signs of abating. Safety concerns about vaccine ingredients, such as thimerosal, aluminum ...