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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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Tired of blatant misinformation in the media? This video game can help you and your family fight fake news!
Developed specifically for research and educational purposes, the award-winning video game 'Bad New…
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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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Democratic consultant who masterminded AI-generated fake Biden robocall scheme indicted on 26 charges
Steve Kramer faces 26 charges, including felony voter suppression, over accusations he orchestrated…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Election fuelled misinformation is serious global risk in 2024, says WEF
It’s a year of many elections across the world. This, on top of two ongoing wars, could make it the…
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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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Russia returns Navalny's body after his widow accused Putin of 'torturing' the political dissident's corpse
A spokesperson for Alexey Navalny wrote on X that it remains unclear if Russian authorities will "i…
Lloyd Lee
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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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Trump loves to hate the 'fake news media.' But his political team subscribes to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other mainstream outlets.
Trump's Save America PAC subscribed to the New York Times, the "thoroughly disgusting" Washington P…
Madison Hall
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Former Dean Phillips campaign consultant admits making fake Biden robocall: 'With a mere $500 investment, anyone could replicate my intentional call'
In January, thousands of voters received a robocall with AI-generated audio of Biden, leading the F…
Madison Hall
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11 pro-Trump 'fake electors' in Georgia gave interviews for an investigation before realizing they were the targets of the prosecution
The electors, part of a larger group of 16 Republicans, alleged in a court filing that they were to…
Matthew Loh
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Mark Meadows called reports on his book 'fake news' after Trump said it was fake news
Meadows' book said Trump tested positive, then negative, before debating Biden in person. Trump sai…
Sinéad Baker
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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
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A GOP senator got caught pretending to be on his phone to avoid questions about the Jan. 6 insurrection
Sen. Ron Johnson held his phone to his ear while leaving the U.S. Capitol, but reporters noticed he…
Tom Porter
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Trump posts fake video on Truth Social of him hitting Biden in the head with a golf ball and knocking him off his bike
Former President Donald Trump shared an edited video on his Truth Social account on Saturday night,…
Joshua Zitser
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FBI questioning Republicans in battleground states over Trump's attempt to overturn 2020 election: CNN
The FBI is investigating fake election certificates, which were made as part of the elbaorate but u…
Tom Porter
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'The View' hosts discuss the future of Fox News' coverage following Chris Wallace's departure: 'We can now call it Trump News'
'The View' hosts discussed the future of Fox News, jokingly referring to it as 'QAnon News,' 'Trump…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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I worked at Louis Vuitton. We spotted fake bags all the time here's what we did when customers tried to return them.
Shelley Alvarado says people would come into the Louis Vuitton store and try to return counterfeit …
Robin Madell
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The man accused of faking an anti-Trump political attack on his home used online donations to buy a new truck
Two GoFundMe campaigns for the man now accused of faking the anti-Trump attack had raised over $20,…
Katie Anthony
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Kendrick Lamar yells 'godspeed for women's rights' while wearing crown of thorns with fake blood dripping down his face
Lamar's passionate closing performance at Glastonbury Festival appeared to be a reaction to the Sup…