Misinformation

‘Not the AI election’: Why artificial intelligence did not define the 2024 campaign

Experts warned about AI’s potential to influence election results. But the anticipated avalanche of AI-driven misinformation never materialized.

December 30, 2024

Loreben Tuquero

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

A presidential election, 2 devastating hurricanes, the Baltimore bridge collapse: It was a busy news year, and where news goes, misinformation follows

December 27, 2024

Opinion | The next chapter for fact-checking: information integrity

Fact-checking needs to evolve to meet new challenges

December 5, 2024

Peter Cunliffe-Jones

Russian influence operations intensified ahead of Election Day. Officials expect it to continue.

The US government responded swiftly to election falsehoods. But experts said the threat of foreign influence operations was unlikely to end soon.

November 11, 2024

Loreben Tuquero

Election misinformation is rampant. Here’s how to avoid it

The US elections are secure. And if you see a post that says otherwise, use these media literacy skills to get the facts.

November 5, 2024

Opinion | Hurricane season is nothing new to a 4th-generation Floridian. But navigating misinformation amid stronger storms complicates matters.

During times of crisis, local news provides trusted information. Harmful misinformation seeps in when that news is lacking.

October 22, 2024

Nicole Slaughter Graham

How an X account twisted facts to push an unsubstantiated Tim Walz abuse allegation

The account shared screenshots of a supposed former student’s emails. But they contained multiple inconsistencies, undermining their credibility.

October 18, 2024

Are China and Russia amplifying hurricane misinformation? Early signs say yes

Researchers say there’s evidence that foreign adversaries are amplifying false social media claims about the storms, as they did after other disasters

October 15, 2024

How Israel-Gaza misinformation has evolved, one year later

PolitiFact has fact-checked many claims about Israel, Gaza and the war in the Middle East. Here’s how the misleading and false narratives have changed

October 8, 2024

Opinion | As those hit by Hurricane Helene work to recover, misinformation metastasizes

A rash of AI-generated imagery, false claims and outright disinformation is being disseminated in the wake of September’s devastating storm

October 7, 2024

Opinion | X marks the spot for lots of misinformation

Elon Musk seemingly spends his days coming up with new ways to use his social media platform as a toy for misinformation and divisiveness

September 20, 2024

It’s easy to find misinformation on social media. It’s even easier on X.

A platform that used to downgrade hoaxes, conspiracy theories and false claims has become one where even the boss now spreads the stuff

September 19, 2024

Opinion | A South Florida newspaper refused to publish a political candidate’s ‘myths and falsehoods’

‘We wish to publish all candidate questionnaires, but as a trusted media source, we cannot knowingly publish these falsehoods.’

September 17, 2024

‘I am afraid’: The aftermath of Springfield, Ohio, misinformation on Haitians who live there

There have been no credible reports of pets being eaten by Haitian immigrants. That fact hasn't stopped the real-world chaos in the community.

September 16, 2024

Maria Ramirez Uribe

IFCN names winners of Meta grants to combat AI-generated misinformation on WhatsApp

The initiative builds on efforts to connect people with facts and develop solutions for the global fact-checking community

August 15, 2024

The International Fact-Checking Network

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