Every day, millions of people in Britain make decisions about their health. The process often begins with a question—should I get this vaccine? Is this supplement safe? Do I need to see a doctor?—and the answer now comes from a screen. It might be a social media post shared by a friend, a short video from an influencer, or a smooth response from an artificial intelligence chatbot. Sometimes the advice is sound. Often, it is not. New research carried out for the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine by Survation surveyed 2,110 UK adults online on 9 and 10…

Behind every statistic about disinformation, there is a human story, and the one that emerged most powerfully across borders this autumn was a story of suffering turned into a weapon. The image of a Ukrainian mother holding her child, an elderly person sheltering in a basement, a family fleeing from a shelled village—these are not just news images. They are raw, emotional realities that should unite decent people everywhere in compassion. But instead of compassion, the manipulators who work against Ukraine saw opportunity. They took those images and twisted them, pouring a steady stream of false and misleading claims into…