Fake News

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey, 71% of unvaccinated respondents claim that booster shots are signs that vaccines are ineffective. The divide in attitude continues as it becomes clearer just how differently vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals view the pandemic. The split in…

With over 500,000 dead from the Coronavirus, it is critical to vaccinate as many people as possible in order to achieve herd immunity to prevent more deaths and to allow life to return to normal. As of today, 3 vaccines in the US (Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson) have been granted emergency…

The spread of coronavirus is undoubtedly intertwined with the spread of speculation around its origins. In the face of ambiguity and great uncertainty, the world turned to college professors with no evidence or training in virology and anonymous social media users, posing as high-level intelligence…

Facebook has banned the Myanmar military television network page following a military coup on Monday that put Gen. Min Aung Hliang in power. The situation is sensitive since Facebook failed to stop a  torrent of posts in 2018 encouraging genocide in Myanmar.  The company stated that they will be…

The journalists at CNN have found that President Trump has made at least 66 false or misleading claims from this past Friday to Sunday. These claims were primarily from his campaign's rally speeches in many states, including Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Nevada. The journalists outline…

To reduce the circulation of unfounded information from the far-right online movement, TikTok has imposed a crackdown where users who spread QAnon-related content will have their accounts deleted from the app. This action taken against the QAnon conspiracy theory has also been mirrored in newly…

QAnon is an online conspiracy cult that has been massively spreading across major social media platforms this past year. This "virtual cult" started off on the anonymous message board website, 4chan, releasing theories about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Election. Now, QAnon is a global…

Following the news that President Donald Trump contracted the coronavirus, his physician, Dr. Sean Conley, relayed a message to the public that the president's conditions were improving and that he no longer had a fever. However, not long after, the chief of staff of the President, Mark Meadows,…

Author: Jessica Irvine Unfortunately, while the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, it also must deal with the “infodemic” of harmful, intentionally incorrect information circulating the internet. This information is incredibly relevant and destructive to the response to COVID-19, leaving…

Artificial intelligence technology is used to generate manipulated facial images for fake social media accounts. Social media activist, Nandini Jammi, has been a victim of harassment from an AI-generated user named "Jessica", one of fifty accounts owned by a single online troll. The…

Article By Jessica Ly The coronavirus outbreak, stemming from Wuhan, China, has been met with a wave of fear and misinformation on the Internet. People are using various social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter to share unfounded advice on how to protect oneself from the virus, make…

Article By Meredith Steinberg Since late December 2019, Australia’s fires have killed at least 25 people along with up to a billion animals, and had at least 150 arson fires. The effects of these fires have been devastating to both the environment and its inhabitants. While it is important for…

Qatar has amended a new article to its penal code that sets criminal penalties for the spread of fake news with ill-intent. The punishment for spreading fake news is a sentence of up to 5 years in prison. However, the new articles do not specifically define what determines information to be fake…

The last couple of years have seen an explosion in the consumer DNA testing industry. Unfortunately, aside from a slightly accurate estimate about where your ancestors lived, the bulk of what these consumer DNA tests claims are completely fictitious. Recent studies have discovered that these tests…