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Rumors and Misinformation

People who question whether the Earth is round — a fact understood by the ancient Greeks and taught to American children in elementary…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan that would require placebo-controlled studies for all new vaccines, surprising…

The Trump administration is targeting government officials who had been flagging foreign interference in U.S. elections, despite…

The video falsely claiming that the United States Agency for International Development paid Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie and other actors…

President Trump amplified unfounded claims on Thursday that the government had been paying news media outlets to generate positive…

If you’re among the millions of people who have downloaded DeepSeek, the free new chatbot from China powered by artificial intelligence,…

Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a…

Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker — the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about…

While Republicans largely cheered Meta’s announcement on Tuesday that it would effectively end its fact-checking program, several tech…

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, blamed the company’s fact-checking partners for some of Facebook’s moderation issues, saying in a…