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Bill Gates says solving misinformation is now young people's problem
Bill Gates spoke about misinformation in an interview with CNBC this week, saying he has "handed th…
Lauren Edmonds
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…
A SCOTUS opinion allowing emergency abortions in Idaho was posted on the court's website and then quickly removed
A spokesperson for the Supreme Court confirmed something had been inadvertently posted online but t…
Brent D. Griffiths
SCOTUS airs grievances about the media during oral arguments on social media censorship case
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan spoke about their experiences dealing with the press durin…
Hannah Getahun
Barely any of the doctors accused of spreading COVID-19 misinformation were ever disciplined, the Washington Post found
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers in several states are pushing to make it even harder for their stat…
Katie Hawkinson
Holocaust survivors demand that Tucker Carlson, GOP lawmakers, and anti-vaccine activists stop comparing their ordeal to COVID-19 mandates and restrictions
For Holocaust Remembrance Day, survivors of Hitler's genocide told Insider that they want anti-vaxx…
Joshua Zitser
94% of Republicans believe or are unsure of at least 1 falsehood about COVID-19 or the vaccines
62% of Democrats and 79% of independents also either believe or are unsure about at least one commo…
Eliza Relman
Trump calls Twitter a 'disgrace to democracy' after the platform permanently banned Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading COVID-19 misinformation
Trump asked his supporters to leave both Twitter and Facebook, stating that the platforms are "a di…
Morgan Keith
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Facebook suspended her account for 24 hours
"Facebook has joined Twitter in censoring me," Greene wrote in a Monday post on Gettr. "This is bey…
John L. Dorman
YouTube bans right-wing media personality Dan Bongino permanently from the site: report
A YouTube spokesperson said Bongino was banned for "posting a video while there was an active strik…
Jake Lahut
Laura Ingraham clapped in celebration while reporting that Gen. Mark Milley, a target for Trump fans, has COVID-19
Milley has long been a hate figure for Trump supporters, and Ingraham seized on news of his COVID-1…
Tom Porter
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, a top foil for Democrats who pledged to only serve for two terms, will run for reelection to a third
The development gives Republicans their preferred candidate in the hotly-contested swing state and …
John L. Dorman
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene urges Republicans to leave Twitter and says the platform 'attacked our country as a whole' by banning her
Twitter permanently banned the far-right lawmaker from its platform for spreading COVID-19 misinfor…
Oma Seddiq
COVID-19 conspiracy groups could pivot to pushing climate change misinformation in 2022, experts warn
Conspiracy theorists who mislead about vaccines and lockdowns will "frame" climate policy as a "los…
Joshua Zitser
GOP's House Judiciary Committee members, led by Rep. Jim Jordan, tweet that booster shots don't work
The House Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, Jim Jordan, has long pushed misinformation abou…
Tom Porter
Facebook hit back at Biden, saying the White House is looking for 'scapegoats for missing their vaccine goals'
Biden said Facebook is "killing people" with misinformation weeks after the White House missed its …
Kelsey Vlamis
Trump-backed Republican, eyeing bid for Pennsylvania governor's office, falsely suggests COVID-19 vaccines are not true vaccines
State Sen. Doug Mastriano, who pushed false claims about the 2020 election, said, "I guess I should…
Charles Davis
Here are the Republicans in Congress still pushing vaccine misinformation
"Don't come knocking on my door with your 'Fauci ouchie,'" Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado said. "Y…
Oma Seddiq
A right-wing panic over a high school's 'race based grading system' had its roots in a 'pink slime' news outlet
While a presentation called on educators to explore "equitable" grading practices, it did not sugge…
Connor Perrett
Making fun of anti-vaxxers who died of COVID-19 is a dark indication that we've all surrendered to the disease
We don't have to be nice to anti-vaxxers, but instead of making light of them when they die from CO…