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‘Ministry of Truth’ trends on Twitter after US government unveils ‘Disinformation Governance Board’

On Wednesday news broke that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—a department that didn’t exist 20 years ago but today spends US$52 billion annually—had created a new “Disinformation Governance Board.” The news comes just days after Twitter accepted Tesla-founder Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter for $44 billion, a move that critics of the deal […]

by Jon Miltimore May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 / 3 mins /

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Fake viral footage on Ukraine: how to spot it

by T.J. Thomson, Daniel Angus and Paula Dootson Mar 11, 2022Mar 17, 2022 / 4 mins /

The Orwellian manipulation of the words ‘assisted dying’

by Trevor Stammers Aug 5, 2021Aug 4, 2021 / 3 mins /

Vatican exposes film director’s distortion of Pope Francis’s views on same-sex unions

by James Parker Nov 6, 2020Feb 11, 2022 / 5 mins /

Seeing may not be believing: AI deepfakes and trust in media

by Karl D. Stephan Oct 15, 2018Nov 10, 2020 / 4 mins /

Think journalism’s a tough field today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age

by Carolyn Moynihan Oct 8, 2018Apr 19, 2020 / 5 mins /

Think journalism’s tough today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age

by Randall S. Sumpter Oct 8, 2018May 1, 2020 / 5 mins /

The term ‘fake news’ is doing great harm

by Joshua Habgood-Coote Aug 1, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Fake news about Pope Francis

by Andrea Tornielli May 24, 2018Feb 11, 2022 / 4 mins /

‘Fake news’ Is a moral panic

by Sam Dumitriu Apr 18, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

Government regulation of social media would be a cure far worse than the disease

by Paul Levinson Feb 21, 2018May 1, 2020 / 5 mins /

All the pro-choice advocacy that’s fit to print

by James Bradshaw Feb 15, 2018May 1, 2020 / 5 mins /

A century ago, progressives were the ones shouting ‘fake news’

by Matthew Jordan Feb 2, 2018May 1, 2020 / 8 mins /

Facebook vs. Fake News: Round Two

by Jeffrey Pawlick Jan 9, 2018May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /