Misinformation is not just a nuisance; it can quietly shape the way you vote, the way you see the world and the way you treat other people. False claims, misleading videos and emotionally charged posts can spread in minutes, especially during election campaigns, moments of political tension or debates about migration and identity. The European Union has warned that this kind of information manipulation can undermine democratic processes, weaken trust in institutions and the media, discourage people from voting and deepen divisions between communities. It can be carried out by domestic actors or foreign powers, sometimes using coordinated networks to…

It is easy to read today’s headlines about artificial intelligence and misinformation and feel the ground shifting beneath your feet. We are told that chatbots will flood our feeds with falsehoods, that synthetic voices and faces will make seeing indistinguishable from believing, and that democracy itself is on the verge of being hacked by machines. But the growing body of research on this subject tells a more complicated and, in some ways, more hopeful story. Acerbi, Altay, and Mercier set the tone by asking whether we should be fighting misinformation at all, or instead fighting for information. Their point is…