“Studies provide very consistent evidence that fact-checking does at least partially reduce misperceptions about false claims.” For example, a 2019 meta-analysis of the effectiveness of fact ...

It would make a great state. And the people of Canada like it.” Facts First: Trump’s categorical claim that “the people of Canada like it” is false. Though it’s certainly possible to ...

(KGTV) — A text message you might have received in recent days appears to be from the City of San Diego claiming your vehicle has an unpaid parking ticket with instructions to go to a link to ...

Fact Check: Artist-rendered image shared as real photo of burning Los Angeles street A three-video compilation showing blazes in Algeria, Ghana, and Iceland has been misrepresented on social media ...

AFP Fact Check investigations are free from bias, educational and based on evidence. They include photos, videos and multiple sources to provide answers to your readers' questions. This new format ...

If you were forced to pare down your kitchen supplies to include only the bare minimum, sheet pans would make the cut. In my case, many sheet pans: I have nearly ten and pull one out almost every ...

Have 16,400 ‘failed asylum seekers’ been sent home under Labour? There have been 16,400 immigration returns since Labour was elected, but the figures we have don’t show how many involved asylum ...

In a context of widespread disinformation, fact-checking forms the first line of response through its focus on restoring the facts. Fact-checking involves verifying content that has already been ...

FactCheck.org is one of several organizations working with Facebook to debunk misinformation shared on the social media network. We provide several resources for readers: a guide on how to flag ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

Social media users are being warned to expect more hateful and harmful content, after Meta decided to ditch its independent fact-checkers and loosen censorship rules. Tom Hartley explains.

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