2025 and Fake News
January 1, 2025JanuaryIn early 2025, Meta ended its third-party fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram. The decision came quietly but sent shockwaves t... Read more.
NSF Terminates Hundreds of Grants Citing Shift in Research Priorities
As part of its revised priorities, the National Science Foundation announced it will no longer fund research aimed at combating misinformation, disinformation, ... Read more.
April’s Economic Forecast: Tariff’s Ahead
A wave of online rumors, rising prices, and coast-to-coast protests followed President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs. While the administration claimed the rate... Read more.
How a Fake Bear Blockade Fooled the Internet
Many people fell for the viral bear blockade hoax because it played on emotions, featured a realistic AI-generated image, and mimicked real news headlines. Anim... Read more.
Rumors, Orders, and Rising Global Tensions
President Trump’s second term has been defined by bold expansionist rhetoric and controversial policy shifts, from calls to annex Canada and Greenland to swee... Read more.
False Narratives & Shaping Public Perception
A round up of the recent viral misinformation in the United States.... Read more.
Responses to Trump’s Second Term
As President Donald Trump moves through the early months of his second term, he faces significant resistance from multiple institutions, including the judiciary... Read more.
Latest Fake News Detection Resources
The News Literacy Project This site centers their work on creating educational resources for teachers and students for media literacy education in K-12. Recentl... Read more.
Misinformation and the War in Ukraine: The Growing Divide Between Trump and Zelenskyy
Tensions between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump have resurfaced, fueling concerns over misinformation's impact on publi... Read more.
Department of Education Dismisses Book Ban Complaints
The U.S. Department of Education is facing backlash after dropping book ban complaints and scrapping the "book ban coordinator" role, a move it framed as shutti... Read more.