Fake news

Radio-Canada.ca: “We discovered a massive network of fake Facebook profiles used to trap victims in sextortion scams. Here's how. (2017)

Illinois will require news literacy courses at every high school. The hope is that the classes will provide the next generation with tools to maneu... (2021)

Drew Cloud Is a Well-Known Expert on Student Loans. One Problem: He’s Not Real. - The Chronicle of Higher Education His website, the Student Loa... (2018)

A study of the famous animal’s bones suggests the conventional wisdom about how clones age is probably wrong. Dolly the sheep was the first anim... (2017)

How two professors built a myth that persisted for a decade (2018)

Become a smarter consumer. “The consequences are serious and wide-ranging. Fake news and misinformation are pervasive. Young kids are being subj... (2018)

LastWeekTonight Published on Aug 3, 2014 The line between editorial content and advertising in news media is blurrier and blurrier. That's not ... (2018)

A new study argues that cognitive decline and loneliness do not adequately explain why older adults share more fake news on social media. (2020)

A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms. (2020)