misinformation

On March 18, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a landmark First Amendment case Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden). The crux of the case offers a compelling question: can the government utilize…

by Greg Piper   Three and a half years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, American medical journals are still calling out what they consider commonly shared misinformation on vaccines, masks, transmission and viral origins,…

YouTube is taking immediate action to expand its “medical misinformation” censorship policies, according to a blog post by the popular video platform on Tuesday. YouTube is streamlining its…

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said that life expectancy in the U.S. was “looking worse, not better” and blamed perceived misinformation for the decline,…

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory panel tasked with guiding the department’s response to “misinformation” characterized its critics as “bad faith” actors, according to documents…

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory panel helping the federal government crack down on misinformation pushed to enlist left-wing entities and individuals in its efforts, according to…

  When footage went viral of Dr. Anthony Fauci and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser going door-to-door in a futile attempt to hawk their COVID-19 vaccines, public sentiment ranged from outrage to derision.…

An internet provocateur named Douglass Mackey sent out memes prior to the 2016 election that urged people to vote for Hillary Clinton, not in early balloting or at the polling place, but online. One meme, sent to Mackey’s…

A group behind a study finding an increase in “climate change misinformation” on Elon Musk’s Twitter also funded Fusion GPS, the private investigative firm behind the debunked Steele dossier, as well as another group reportedly…

Arabella Advisors, a consultant firm with ties to the Democratic Party, manages funds that are supporting academic and independent research into online “misinformation,” predominantly targeting conservatives’ online presence.…