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Exposing the antiscience playbook reveals the antiregulatory motives of its deep-pocketed bankrollers

Misinformation solutions target a rational, ethical ideal who doesn’t exist; to combat misinfo, we need to start with a richer concept of the human

It’s a “big deal” to demonstrate entangled quantum networks outside a lab

Almost half of the world population heads to elections in 2024. To counter disinformation activities aimed against the voters on social media, we must first understand how they work

More U.S. states are requiring online ID checks. A proposed French strategy aims to balance child safety with users’ privacy rights

Proposed restrictions on TikTok would be “security theater” in the face of the staggering amounts of data that foreign and domestic tech companies collect

The profit-led business models of big tech are harming democracy. We should look to the tradition of public media to help us find alternatives

New research highlights the necessity of stopping huge falsehoods during the presidential election cycle

A popular personality test beats out astrology but trails far behind scientific measure of personal traits

AI-generated disinformation will target voters on a near-daily basis in more than 50 countries, according to a new analysis

Lost in today’s misinformation fights is the recognition that modern conspiracy theories spring from excesses of state secrecy

A deep dive into one scholar’s correspondence shows society prefers blame and punishment over protecting children from sexual violence