Australia withdraws a misinformation bill after critics compare it to censorship

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s government has withdrawn a bill that would give a media watchdog power…

When Trump’s victory became clear, online claims of election fraud quieted

By the time the polls opened on Election Day, baseless claims of voter fraud had been…

In Elon Musk’s “election integrity” community on X, false claims proliferate

Elon Musk’s political action committee has created a group on his platform X that has become…

Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

SAN FRANCISCO — X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S.…

Offshore wind industry says ‘misinformation’ from foes is a strong headwind it must fight

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The U.S offshore wind energy industry says it needs to fight back…

TikTok let through disinformation in political ads despite its own ban, Global Witness finds

SAN FRANCISCO — Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok approved advertisements that contained election…

Hiltzik: How Stanford gave misinformation a platform

On Oct. 4, Stanford University’s newly minted president, Jonathan Levin, opened an on-campus conference about pandemic…

Elon Musk’s X is back in Brazil after its suspension, having complied with all judicial demands

RIO DE JANEIRO — The social media platform X began returning to Brazil on Wednesday, after…

Column: How to distinguish science from pseudoscientific bunk

Trained as a physicist, Sean M. Kirkpatrick has spent most of his career in government, much…

Faked video targeting France and UAE likely Russian despite Moscow’s links to Gulf Arab states

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A fake video that ricocheted across the internet claiming tensions between…