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A small number of ‘superspreaders’ are propagating most of the misinformation on Twitter, study finds

Building on our understanding on the spread of misinformation on social media, a team of analysts a…

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Heads-up for people sharing fake political news on social media: You may be prone to psychosis or schizophrenia!

Social media has significantly broadened our exposure to various mental health disorders. The multi…

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Fake AI images now contributing to misinformation spread nearly as much as traditionally altered media: Research

Fake images churned out by artificial intelligence (AI) are now spreading at an alarming rate, near…

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The internet's biggest fake news producers are gaining traction through Twitter Blue accounts promoting their disinformation about Ukraine

Some of these falsehoods can be traced back to propaganda from the Russian government and Kremlin-c…

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Elon Musk just set Wall Street up for one of his classic head fakes

Tesla is in trouble: sales are falling and competition from China is ramping up. It's clear Elon Mu…

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Elon Musk's pet feature on X took as long as 3 days to flag fake news about Israel and Gaza, analysis shows

Elon Musk has championed Community Notes as a way to give readers important context without having …

Pete Syme   


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X just ditched a tool that enabled users to flag fake news about elections, think tank says

Think tank Reset Australia wrote an open letter to X to raise concerns about the fact that there is…

Sawdah Bhaimiya   


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Elon Musk told his 159 million followers to get Israel war updates from accounts that have peddled fake news

The Twitter owner deleted the post after three hours, but not before it was viewed by millions of u…

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Russian media cited fake rumors of a Mossad agent named 'Eli Copter' being involved in the helicopter crash that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi

The "Eli Copter" meme originated as an online meme lampooning claims that Mossad was involved in Ra…

Matthew Loh   


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Elon Musk will either pay far less for Twitter or use fake accounts as an excuse to walk away, experts say

Musk said last week that if 25% of users were bots, the deal for Twitter should cost 25% less. Expe…

Ryan Hogg   


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More than 23% of Elon Musk's Twitter followers are spam or fake accounts, research groups say

The analysis was based on a system of 17 warning signals that point to an account being suspicious,…

Matthew Loh   


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Meta, Google, and Twitter are set to face huge fines if they don't tackle deepfakes and fake accounts on their platforms

An EU document seen by Reuters shows tech firms could soon face fines of up to 6% of annual turnove…

Isobel Asher Hamilton   


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Nicki Minaj told her 157M followers on Instagram that she was locked in 'Twitter jail.' Twitter denies it.

The rapper has been accused of making false or misleading claims on social media related to the COV…

Emily Walsh   


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Elon Musk says he can cancel Twitter deal because the company is 'actively resisting' his efforts to study fake accounts

Elon Musk originally agreed to buy the social network for $43 billion in April. The deal has gone a…

Tim Levin   


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Elon Musk says Twitter's legal team told him he broke his NDA by revealing its sample size for fake accounts

Elon Musk told Twitter users they are "being manipulated" by its algorithm after reviewing its proc…

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Martha Stewart corrects 'fake news' about the number of 'glorious' peacocks she has on her farm

Martha Stewart called out the New York Post on Twitter after the publication said she only owned 16…

Lauren Edmonds   


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Elon Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal can't proceed until CEO proves the platform has fewer than 5% fake accounts

"My offer was based on Twitter's SEC filings being accurate," Musk tweeted Tuesday, again taking is…

Isobel Asher Hamilton   


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Twitter's new feature lets users limit replies — but this may allow fake news to go unchecked

While the feature may keep trolls at bay, many fear that it also has its disadvantages.