I sat down with Lee McIntyre, author of “Post-Truth,” to discuss.

Meta’s abrupt decision to end its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States signals a disturbing retreat from responsibility, dressed up as a shift towards “community-driven ...

Review and Outlook: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan address the company’s decision to abandon its censorship regime, by walking back most of the platform ...

It's an important distinction, because when we investigate terrorist incidents and threats, we have to rely on the facts, not popular narratives. The same is true for preventing future attacks ...

If given the time you could probably name the nine-man list of 10-time NBA All-Stars who have never won a championship: James Harden, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson, Patrick Ewing ...

In her column “Meta is wrong about abandoning fact-checking” (Jan. 10, TribLive), Lori Falce criticized Meta’s decision to no longer use official fact-checkers. She criticizes Meta’s ...

The decision last week by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, to immediately stop using “fact checkers” — groups hired by Meta to determine what information is true ...

Average American opinion of Russia has also improved, even if a majority continues to see Russia as either a rival or an adversary. And in a number of non-Western countries—China, India, Saudi Arabia, ...

That trek to challenge online falsehoods and misinformation got a little harder this week, when Facebook’s parent company Meta announced plans to scrap the platform’s fact-checking programme ...

As I weigh Meta’s decision to break up with American fact-checkers, I keep returning to this: The censorious fact-checking program Meta described is not the fact-checking program I know.

The same tools that power helpful innovations can also be weaponized to produce sophisticated disinformation campaigns or manipulate public opinion. Neurotechnology is a tool that reads and interacts ...