The unprecedentedly high tempo of the investigations is a response to an election when fake content was easier than ever to ...

Headlines attributed to Britain's Guardian newspaper and The Atlantic, a U.S. magazine, about the death of a pet squirrel ...

Some of this information is dressed up as news, delivered via platforms that look like news platforms. We are programmed to ...

Researchers who study misinformation are confronting a new problem: public scorn. And it’s not just in the form of online trolling. These scientists are losing funding, watching their research centers ...

The FTC says Sitejabber “deceptively” punched up businesses’ review counts by incorporating responses to point-of-sale ...

The FBI is warning against false election information, including press releases and videos using its insignia, that seek to ...

But there is clear evidence that some fake news stories do spread like a simple contagion, infecting users immediately.

Despite the deceit that took place, her bank - Barclays - denied giving her a refund as they ruled it was not a scam, ...

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BRITS have been warned over a “scam” which banks won’t refund – after a victim lost £190,000. Ruth Fretwell, 63, from ...

One Adewunmi Taiwo, a 45-year-old man, has been arrested for impersonating an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and extorting money from motorists. The suspect was ...