New for @afpnews.bsky.social: Long-debunked claims about everything from migration to vaccines are inundating Americans ahead of this year's election -- in part due to fewer guardrails on social media platforms
Migrants, vaccines, pedophilia rings -- old conspiracy theories are resurfacing ahead of the US election despite being repeatedly debunked, in what researchers call "zombie" falsehoods that appear to ...
"They found that 'nudges' regarding the importance of accuracy reduced the sharing of misinformation, regardless of political affiliation."
A collaboration between two research teams with opposing perspectives found that, despite claims to the contrary, simply reminding people about the concept of accuracy improves the quality of informat...
New: Conspiracy theorists are blaming the Baltimore bridge collapse on everything from terrorists to Israel -- despite officials saying there is no evidence of foul play
Conspiracy theorists said Tuesday that the Baltimore bridge collapse resulted from an intentional attack -- despite officials quickly saying there was no evidence of foul play.
"In a growing number of cases, judges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia are using their platform to swat down conspiracy theories perpetuated by some Jan. 6 defendants and their supporters."
In a growing number of cases, federal judges in D.C. are using their platform to swat down conspiracy theories perpetuated by some Jan. 6 defendants and their supporters.
On the flip side: "When you actually do catch a police officer or politician saying something awful, they have plausible deniability”
Politicians are swatting away potentially damning photos and videos — from former president Donald Trump to a Taiwanese official — by saying they are AI generated.
"AI has effectively democratized the creation of disinformation"
Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.
From @jguynn.bsky.social: A new Advance Democracy report found that, on X, "the number of posts containing terms linked to climate change denial more than tripled for the second year in a row"
Social media platforms like Facebook, X and TikTok aren't doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation about global warming, a new report says.
"More than 3 in 10 Republicans have adopted the falsehood that the FBI conspired to cause the Capitol riot" wapo.st/3vqBaSt
More than 3 in 10 Republicans have adopted the falsehood that the FBI conspired to cause the Capitol riot, a Post-UMD poll finds.