In the hours following the attempted assassination of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on May 15, 2024, fake news and conspiracy theories began circulating online. Some of these speculations tried to ...

In the course of 2024, an estimated four billion people—half the world’s population—will go to the polls in eighty-three elections. Leading experts in global security have warned that disinformation ...

Americans did not learn the term “disinformation” until the Cold War neared its end, and they might be surprised to learn that the word has Bolshevik origins. It derives from the Russian ...

"A History of Fake Things on the Internet" by Walter J. Scheirer to be released by Stanford University Press on Dec. 5. The era of fake news feels brand-new. But a new book, “A History of Fake Things ...

With deepfaked disinformation already plaguing this election year, a panel of experts assembled by the Brookings Institution recently debated how government can play defense, with an eye toward action ...

A group of leading Black organizations are warning media and voters of disinformation targeting Black Americans ahead of November’s critical election. In a letter led by Onyx Impact, a nonprofit ...

According to the World Economic Forum, disinformation is now the biggest threat to global stability -- and social media giants are much of the reason why. NurPhoto via Getty Images The deep challenges ...

Manipulating Wikipedia is all the rage these days. Companies, governments and even presidential candidates reportedly do it. Yet we sleep well at night because we trust Wikipedia’s editors will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donald Trump; Kamala Harris Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images In the spring of 1892, Ida B. Wells had had enough. The ...

For centuries, Black Americans have been battling racism and disenfranchisement — and batting down endless so-called truths. In the process, we’ve developed a powerful sixth sense for separating fact ...

In 2024, more than 50 countries around the world will vote in national elections, making it the largest election year in history. But as activists, legislators, and journalists have raised alarms ...

Republican lawmakers express concern over Jennifer Daskal's appointment to advise the secretive FISC after her controversial disinformation board role.