Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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For years, we told ourselves a comforting story about health misinformation: it was a problem for other people. You know, the fringe elements, the deeply political, those glued to their screens. We imagined a neat little box where these “misinformed” individuals resided, easily distinguished from the “rest of us.” But…
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The COVID-19 pandemic ripped through the United States like a Category 5 hurricane, leaving a trail of devastation that we are still grappling with today. It wasn’t just a health crisis; it was a societal upheaval, exposing cracks in our infrastructure and highlighting the vulnerabilities we often overlook in times of normalcy. The sheer scale of the suffering is difficult to comprehend – over a million Americans, our parents, grandparents, neighbors, and friends, lost their lives. Each of those deaths represents a profound personal tragedy, a ripple effect of grief and loss that continues to echo through communities nationwide. Hospitals,…
In a world buzzing with information, it’s becoming harder to sift fact from fiction, especially when it comes to our health. A recent global survey, the 5th annual Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Trust and Health, pulled back the curtain on some unsettling trends. It revealed that a significant chunk of people around the globe — about a quarter, to be exact — hold beliefs about health that simply aren’t backed by science. Imagine, folks out there contending that raw milk is superior to pasteurized, that a common pain reliever during pregnancy leads to autism, or even that life-saving vaccines…
