[] After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have filled […]
Tag: Rumors and Misinformation
Opinion | Making America’s Teeth Rot Again
I remember when railing against the supposed evils of fluoride in drinking water was the work of a few voices clustered on the fringes of […]
A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He’s Also Paid to Promote It.
For more than a decade, Navindra Seeram, a biomedical researcher, has praised maple syrup, calling it a “hero ingredient” and “champion food” that could have […]
UK Laws Are Not ‘Fit for Social Media Age,’ Says Report Into Summer Riots
[] British laws restricting what the police can say about criminal cases are “not fit for the social media age,” a government committee said in […]
The Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vaccines
During his Senate confirmation hearings to be health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented himself as a supporter of vaccines. But in office, he and […]
Justice Dept. Lobbies for Release of Ex-F.B.I. Informant Accused of Lying About Bidens
[] The Justice Department, in an abrupt reversal, asked a federal judge late Thursday to release a former F.B.I. informant from prison pending appeal of […]
Michelle Obama Addresses Divorce Rumors and Public Absences
[] It’s not quite an age-old adage, but at this point it has long been true: Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Michelle […]
A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas
[] The measles crisis in West Texas has claimed the life of another child, the second death in an outbreak that has burned through the […]
The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
Soon after the new administration arrived, things began to go missing from the White House website. They weren’t just the partisan policy platforms that typically […]
E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X
European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content and disinformation, […]