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The posts raise questions about funding for certain projects and organizations, often claiming without evidence that the ...

Many lament social media companies dropping independent fact-checking but perhaps “false-checking” is a more honest and ...

Elon Musk and Republicans in support of his DOGE efforts have repeatedly made false claims about government spending.

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Uttar Pradesh Police have taken legal action against 53 social media accounts for spreading false information about the Maha ...

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The average teen spends five hours on platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. What's different about me is how I think about all that content.

Immediately following the midair collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet, people on social media were ...

As President Donald Trump's administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major ...

Meta—the Mark Zuckerberg-run company that owns Facebook—closed the fact-checking unit on its multi-billion-user social media platform.