Protecting Truth in the Digital Age

We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.

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There is a moment in sports when the conversation stops being about the scoreboard and starts being about something far more personal. For the Indiana Fever, that moment arrived during Game 2 of their playoff series against the Las Vegas Aces, when A’ja Wilson—a four-time MVP—found herself face to face with a fan who had shouted and pointed at her from the stands. Security eventually walked the man toward the back of the arena, talked to him, checked the evidence, and then returned him to his seat after deciding he had not broken the WNBA’s fan code of conduct. On…

Imagine you’ve been living with chronic pain for years, and you finally find an online clinic that seems to understand. The website looks professional, the language is reassuring, and right there in black and white it says the company’s entire range of medicinal cannabis products is “approved by the TGA.” You feel a wave of relief. Surely, you think, that means it’s been tested, vetted, and deemed safe by Australia’s medicines regulator. But according to an SBS News investigation, that comforting phrase can be deeply misleading. Medicinal Organic Cannabis Australia, or MOCA, an online prescriber with a Sydney address, has…

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