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Disinformation
Smell Tests
How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors
From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up.
Gia Chaudry
Fake News
Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X
David Gilbert
Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley
: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix
Brian Barrett
,
Zoë Schiffer
, and
Leah Feiger
Latest
Extra extra
Here’s Why Trump Posted About Iran ‘Stealing’ the 2020 Election Hours After the US Attacked
David Gilbert
Iran Attack
X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israeli Attack on Iran
David Gilbert
Keep in Touch
The Information Networks That Connect Venezuelans in Uncertain Times
Lisseth Boon
Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley:
Minneapolis Misinformation, TikTok’s New Owners, and Moltbot Hype
Brian Barrett
,
Zoë Schiffer
, and
Tim Marchman
Put Down
The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti
David Gilbert
Rise of the Machines
AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy
David Gilbert
Spin cycle
MAGA Is Already Rewriting the ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
David Gilbert
AI detectives
People Are Using AI to Falsely Identify the Federal Agent Who Shot Renee Good
David Gilbert
Misdirection
Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro’s Capture
David Gilbert
Backchannel
6 Scary Predictions for AI in 2026
Paresh Dave
The Big Interview
David Hogg to Democratic Establishment: Get the Message or Get Voted Out
Marah Eakin
Inner Loop
How Donald Trump Lost Control of the Epstein Spin Cycle
David Gilbert
Disinformation
No, SNAP Benefits Aren’t Mostly Used by Immigrants
David Gilbert
Clouded Judgment
The DOGE Subcommittee Hearing on Weather Modification Was a Nest of Conspiracy Theorizing
Molly Taft
Pseudoscience
Anti-Vaxxers Rejoice at Florida’s Scheme to End Vaccine Mandates for Kids and Everyone Else
David Gilbert
Fake News
How Disinformation About the Minnesota Shooting Spread Like Wildfire on X
David Gilbert
Shortcut to Success
The Black Market for Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, Study Warns
Fernanda González
Texas Floods
Conspiracy Theories About the Texas Floods Lead to Death Threats
David Gilbert
and
Molly Taft
Fringe Attack
A Trans Pilot Was Falsely Blamed for a Plane Crash. Now She’s Fighting the Right-Wing Disinfo Machine
Varsha Bansal
Fake News
A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’
David Gilbert
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