Fact Checking and Reporting the Online Campaign
The George Washington University’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics hosted a virtual event on...
Press Hits
Inside the ‘Malarkey Factory,’ Biden’s online war room
Joe Biden’s campaign has quietly built a multimillion-dollar operation over the past two months that’s...
Scientists worry as more Americans say they’ll refuse COVID-19 vaccine
A Pew Research poll from late September showed that about half of US adults (51 percent)...
Twitter, Facebook face backlash over banned story
PBS’ “The Day’’ spoke to Ethan Porter, assistant professor of media and public affairs, about stopping...
We need universal digital ad transparency now
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Pichai and Mr. Spiegel: We need universal digital ad transparency...
As QAnon Conspiracy Theories Draw New Believers, Scientists Take Aim at Misinformation Pandemic
The first three "nodes" of the conspiracy-theory network known as QAnon arose in 2018 in the persons of...
Facebook bans anti-vaccination ads but not antivax posts
Facebook says it will ban ads on its platform that discourage vaccinations — with an exception carved...
Fact check: False claim that Pelosi drunk in 2016 photo with Obama
In August, USA TODAY debunked a viral video that was selectively edited and slowed in an...
As false info hits 'boiling point,' ads warn US voters
Verify before you share. Falsehoods spread faster than facts.
This is part of the advice given...
The COVID-19 Vaccine Protest Movement Is Far Ahead of the Vaccine Itself
“Today Berlin is again the front against totalitarianism,” Robert F. Kennedy crowed on a warm and...