An often-circulated quote from a University of Pennsylvania faculty member attacking United States President Donald Trump was posthumously spread second-hand. The purported remark attributed to ...

A self-professed “targeted individual” on Twitter apparently had his hackles raised by a group of German satiricists enough to try to use their work to gin up fears about “Antifa.” “Ever seen an ...

On July 29 2020, comedian Lee Camp shared the following image, which quoted Elon Musk as saying the United States would “coup whoever we want,” and to “deal with it”: Across an image of Musk, text ...

On June 7 2023, amid right-wing book-banning attempts sweeping the United States, poet and author Amanda Gorman addressed the banning of her own book The Hill We Climb at a Florida elementary school.

This is a series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. Part I: Firehosing Part II: Gaslighting Part III: Distraction Part IV: Signaling and Dog ...

A March 2009 event honoring then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has lingered on for years online, as both right-wing political figures and internet “influencers” have linked her to another ...

Against the backdrop of a long-running federal shutdown, purportedly over border wall funding, a Facebook user shared the following meme in January 2019: It read: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SENT $56 BILLION ...

On May 23 2023, several social media posts popped up with the jarring claim that a majority of book removal or book ban requests in American schools were an effort by the same eleven individuals: ...

Senator Elizabeth Warren didn't say, "If Women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank God for Planned Parenthood." ...

Ted Kennedy asked leaders of the Soviet Union to help the Democrats defeat President Reagan in the 1984 presidential election in a secret letter that he sent in 1983.

A debate continues over whether the United States Postal Service is losing money thanks to an arduous pension pre-funding law or if it is simply because mail volume is decreasing due to the influence ...

Viral Facebook posts claim that British Heinz Ketchup boasts a markedly different ingredients list than its American counterpart.