#Misinformation

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🇺🇸 How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors — 11/04/2026 [USA]
From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up.
Related: #Technology Ethics, #Media Literacy
🇺🇸 AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy — 10/04/2026 [USA]
Videos of fake relationship guru podcasters are reinforcing gender tropes and racking up millions of views, all the while driving sales to AI influencer schools.
Related: #Artificial Intelligence, #Digital Ethics, #Social Media
🇺🇸 Michael J. Fox reacts to erroneous report of his death — 10/04/2026 [USA]
Michael J. Fox reacts to erroneous report of his death
Related: #Celebrity News, #Social Media
🇺🇸 Melania Trump: 'I am not Epstein's victim' — 09/04/2026 [USA]
First lady Melania Trump fought back Thursday agianst what she called "lies" about her being a victim of sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
Related: #Politics, #Celebrity
🇺🇸 Melania Trump attacks claims about her and Jeffrey Epstein — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Celebrity, #Legal
🇺🇸 Michael J. Fox Says He’s “OK” After CNN Tribute Video Stirs Death Rumors — 09/04/2026 [USA]
The ‘Back to the Future’ star insists he’s very much in the present and alive, despite grappling with Parkinson's disease for over three decades.
Related: #Celebrity Culture, #Health Advocacy
🇺🇸 Michael J. Fox Is Still Alive After Death Report Error: ‘Relax, They Do This Once Every Year’ — 09/04/2026 [USA]
After news organization posts tribute video to the actor, his reaction is, rightfully, "WTF"
Related: #Celebrity News, #Health Advocacy
🇺🇸 A Graph-Enhanced Defense Framework for Explainable Fake News Detection with LLM — 09/04/2026 [USA]
arXiv:2604.06666v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Explainable fake news detection aims to assess the veracity of news claims while providing human-friendly explanations. Existing methods incorporatin...
Related: #Artificial Intelligence, #Computational Journalism
🇺🇸 RFK Jr. says he's launching a podcast to expose 'lies' that have made Americans sick — 08/04/2026 [USA]
The show will launch next week and feature Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine crusader who has reshaped the country's health policy, in conversation with doctors, scientists and agency staff.
Related: #Public Health, #Media
🇺🇸 Did Iran launch missiles at US-UK base on Diego Garcia? Here’s what to know — 22/03/2026 [USA]
UK condemns what it says is Iranian attack on airbase in Indian Ocean, but Tehran denies it carried out the launches.
Related: #Military
🇺🇸 Whims. Impulse. Memes. Lies. America Shouldn’t Fight a War Like This. — 22/03/2026 [USA]
America shouldn’t fight a war like this.
Related: #Warfare
🇺🇸 Polymarket Says It Deals in Truth, but Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods — 20/03/2026 [USA]
A review of the betting market’s social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.
Related: #Platform Integrity
🇬🇧 Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against itPolitical elites are out of step with the public appetite for net zero, accordi...
Related: #Climate Policy
🇺🇸 Benjamin Netanyahu tries to dispel viral rumors of his death, fueled by AI paranoia — 18/03/2026 [USA]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become the subject of a widely debunked but ongoing claim that he is dead, a particularly high-profile example of the clouded and exceedingly fraught info...
Related: #AI Ethics, #Political Communication
🇺🇸 CritiSense: Critical Digital Literacy and Resilience Against Misinformation — 18/03/2026 [USA]
arXiv:2603.16672v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Misinformation on social media undermines informed decision-making and public trust. Prebunking offers a proactive complement by helping users recogniz...
Related: #Digital Literacy
🇺🇸 Trump Falsely Accuses BBC Of Using AI To Doctor His Capitol Riots Speech — 17/03/2026 [USA]
Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his war with the BBC, falsely claiming that the British broadcaster used AI to tamper with his January 6 speech. Speaking to the press while hosting Irish Tao...
Related: #Media Relations
🇺🇸 Doctors Say Court Ruling Can’t Undo RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Damage — 17/03/2026 [USA]
A federal judge halted the Trump administration’s changes to vaccine recommendations, but the mistrust and fear they have stoked may last for years.
Related: #Public Health
🇬🇧 A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI? — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran warThe graves, freshly dug, lie...
Related: #Digital Ethics
🇺🇸 Crenshaw on primary defeat: GOP voters bought into 'misinformation' — 17/03/2026 [USA]
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) blamed his primary defeat to state Rep. Steve Toth (R ) on “misinformation” about his ventures in the stock market. Crenshaw said voters were told that he made millions fr...
Related: #Politics
🇬🇧 FCC chair threatens to throttle news broadcasts over ‘hoaxes’ about Iran war — 14/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Brendan Carr posts that he may cancel spectrum permits of ‘mainstream news’ outlets for ‘misleading’ coverageThe <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump admi...
Related: #Media Regulation
🇬🇧 UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvationThese are burning, smoking lies. As oil and gas prices so...
Related: #Energy Crisis
🇺🇸 Jimmy Kimmel Addresses the Notion of a Drone Strike on California — 12/03/2026 [USA]
“Isn’t this how ‘Ironman 3’ started?” Kimmel said after the F.B.I. warned state officials tobb prepare for a retaliatory Iranian drone strike on the West Coast ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards.
Related: #Celebrity Commentary
🇺🇦 Fact-check: Moscow internet outages spark coup rumors — experts say it's 'wishful thinking' — 11/03/2026 [Ukraine]
Speculations about coups and rebellions in Russia have been constant throughout the full-scale war. All of them, except one, were wishful thinking. The latest rumor shared by British tabloids sug...
Related: #Internet Stability
🇺🇸 Enhancing Debunking Effectiveness through LLM-based Personality Adaptation — 11/03/2026 [USA]
arXiv:2603.09533v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study proposes a novel methodology for generating personalized fake news debunking messages by prompting Large Language Models (LLMs) with persona...
Related: #AI Communication
🇺🇸 YouTube expands access to AI detection tool to politicians and journalists — 11/03/2026 [USA]
YouTube on Wednesday said it would expand access to its artificial intelligence (AI) detection tool to politicians and journalists. The company will allow a pilot group of lawmakers and reporters to ...
Related: #AI Detection, #Platform Transparency
🇬🇧 Meta urged to boost oversight of fake AI videos — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Meta's advisers say its methods for policing AI videos are inadequate, especially at times of crisis.
Related: #AI Regulation
🇺🇸 Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X — 10/03/2026 [USA]
X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.
Related: #AI Ethics
🇺🇸 YouTube Gives Political Figures and Journalists Access to AI Deepfake Detection Tool — 10/03/2026 [USA]
The tool, previously only available to Hollywood stars and some top YouTube creators, will allow these high-profile users to flag deepfakes or other AI-generated content that features their likeness.
Related: #AI Safety, #Election Integrity
🇺🇸 YouTube Adds Tool to Help Public Figures Report Fake Videos — 10/03/2026 [USA]
Social media companies are under pressure to crack down on so-called deepfake videos that use deceptive images of real people.
Related: #Digital Safety
🇺🇸 YouTube expands AI deepfake detection to politicians, government officials, and journalists — 10/03/2026 [USA]
YouTube's AI deepfake detection tool is becoming available to politicians, journalists, and officials, letting them flag unauthorized likenesses for removal.
Related: #Technology, #Content Moderation, #Digital Privacy