Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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Misinformation has become one of the defining concerns of the digital age, but for all the public worry, there is surprisingly little agreement about what the term actually covers. In a recent effort to map the expert landscape, researchers surveyed 150 academic specialists across political science, psychology, communication, sociology, and…
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Every lawsuit begins as a story, but this one began as a story about a story. It started with an article in The Wall Street Journal, a birthday book linked to Jeffrey Epstein, and a handwritten letter that the newspaper said bore President Donald Trump’s name. It ended, at least for now, with a federal judge in Miami throwing out a $20 billion defamation case in language that left no room for doubt. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles issued a 20-page ruling on Saturday dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled in his court. The case is…
It’s completely natural to feel a knot in your stomach when you see a viral post claiming that your vote doesn’t matter, that the system is rigged, or that election workers are secretly trying to steal the election. With Election Day less than a week away in the 2026 midterms, social media is flooded with videos, screenshots, and alarming captions that seem designed to make you distrust everything about the voting process. But here’s the thing: when you actually slow down and look at what these posts are claiming, the “scandal” almost always turns out to be a misunderstanding, a…
