Thousands saw a story that two girls were rescued from a tree in the Texas flood. It was fake. The story of a local news site's retracted report offers warnings about the need for vigilance against misinformation during disasters July 7, 2025 Loreben Tuquero
Why the rise of social media has given us a less happy, more polarized and dangerous world In his most recent book, ‘Superbloom,’ Nicholas Carr picks up where ‘The Shallows’ left off June 18, 2025 Dan Kennedy
Opinion | I learned my hometown paper died from Facebook. That’s the future we’re facing When the Cortland Standard shut down, I heard about it through the online rumor mill. The real loss? A generation of journalists — and journalism. March 20, 2025 Nicholas Reynolds
Opinion | Just the facts? Meta’s new experiment says otherwise Meta’s crowdsourced approach to fact-checking raises questions about bias, scale and the future of accuracy online March 14, 2025 Tom Jones
Opinion | A defense of fact-checking and the imperfect search for truth in an era of institutionalized lying Debunking three flawed criticisms of fact-checking amid Meta’s retreat and Silicon Valley’s appeasement of Donald Trump February 18, 2025 Paul Barrett
New Meta content rules let users call LGBTQ+ people ‘mentally ill.’ Here’s what medical experts say. Leading medical experts do not consider being gay or transgender to be a mental illness January 14, 2025 Grace Abels
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later As Meta announces end to U.S. fact-checking, program partners warn of a setback for accuracy online and potential global consequences January 9, 2025 The International Fact-Checking Network
Opinion | With Trump on his way back to the White House, Meta drops its fact-checking program Mark Zuckerberg can preach all he wants about censorship and free speech, but it’s easy to see through his words. This was done to appease Trump. January 8, 2025 Tom Jones
Does crowdsourced fact-checking work? Experts are skeptical of Meta’s plan CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta will adopt a Community Notes model similar to X, where fact-checkers say misinformation often goes unchecked January 7, 2025 Angela Fu
Opinion | Meta will attempt crowdsourced fact-checking. Here’s why it won’t work X’s Community Notes is not the success that tech leaders want you to believe. And a similar system won’t stop misinformation on Facebook. January 7, 2025 Alex Mahadevan
On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But much of it is made-up and features AI images A Tesla water engine. A $1K Tesla e-bike. Low-cost Tesla houses. A robot for surrogate pregnancies. A ‘UFO fighter jet that defies physics.’ All fake. November 22, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
‘Frenemies’: The complicated relationship between fact-checkers and tech giants like Meta and TikTok Many fact-checking outlets are financially dependent on the very platforms that they criticize June 28, 2024 Angela Fu
Opinion | Could social media soon have warning labels? The US surgeon general wants a warning — similar to those on tobacco products — that points out mental health risks of TikTok, Instagram and others June 18, 2024 Tom Jones
No, President Biden was not ignored by people at a Pittsburgh-area gas station Fox News host Sean Hannity said in.a Facebook post that Biden got the cold shoulder from customers and workers at a Sheetz location April 30, 2024 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
Opinion | Let’s say it plainly: Fact-checking is not censorship Fact-checking adds to the public debate; it doesn’t suppress it April 2, 2024 Angie Drobnic Holan
