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Here’s how to fact-check your family at the Thanksgiving dinner table

Thanksgiving is a time for turkey, football, pie — and political arguments with your relatives....

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Disinformation targets Republicans who criticize Trump or support the impeachment inquiry

Mitt Romney and the few other Republican lawmakers who have spoken out against Trump lately have become...

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Facebook Says Anonymous Pages Posting Coordinated Pro-Trump Content Do Not Break Its Rules

As public impeachment hearings kicked off in Washington last week, a meme featuring Rep. Adam Schiff...

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The Health 202: Elizabeth Warren is no longer a Medicare-for-all purist

Like the other Democratic contenders, Warren has somewhat softened her position on the sweeping — and...

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Facebook’s fake numbers problem

At first glance, Amy Dowd’s Facebook account appears perfectly normal. There is a smiling profile...

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Two Groups Finance Over Half Of Facebook’s Anti-Vax Ads

The anti-vax movement has done a lot to derail one of the greatest achievements of...

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Majority of anti-vaccine ads on Facebook were funded by two groups

The majority of Facebook advertisements spreading misinformation about vaccines were funded...

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Over Half of Anti-Vaxxer Ads on Facebook Were Funded by Just Two Entities, Study Finds

New research recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Vaccine indicates the extent to...

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Majority of anti-vaxx ads on Facebook are funded by just two organizations

The majority of Facebook ads spreading misinformation about vaccines are funded by two...

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Facebook deleted pro-vaccination adverts on political grounds, study finds

The study, published in the journal Vaccine, was conducted by researchers at the University...