Election
An unexpected lesson learned at the first UK general election debate
The main takeaway from the first debate between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour…
Will the 2020 U.S presidential election be all about fake political online ads?
After surviving the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a democratic process historically marked by the amount…
Less than a third of Peruvians are satisfied with democracy — and misinformation makes it worse
If you thought democracy was doing fine in Peru, think again. According to the latest…
Overwhelmed by a local election, Norwegian fact-checkers found time to debunk international whale hunting hoaxes. Why?
“Fishes and whales are always on the Norwegian agenda." It doesn’t matter if fact-checkers are…
‘Safety in numbers’: Philippine fact-checkers team up to debunk election misinformation
On a Monday, Maria Ressa celebrated the launch of a new collaborative fact-checking project. Two…
Nigeria is the next battleground for election misinformation
With elections over in the United States and Brazil, eyes are turning toward misinformation in…
New election, same viral political hoaxes
Just because a political hoax goes viral on social media doesn’t mean it’s new. In…
These were some of the top hoaxes on WhatsApp before the Brazilian election
In the lead-up to Brazil’s contentious presidential election, which Jair Bolsonaro won Sunday, plenty of…
WhatsApp has been quiet about misinformation in Brazil. So fact-checkers called it out in The New York Times.
It was kind of a last resort. For months, Cristina Tardáguila had been monitoring misinformation…
In Brazil’s presidential election, hoaxes about voter fraud run rampant
When an InfoWars contributor shared a fake video of a Brazilian voting machine automatically casting…