Niall Ferguson asks the right question in his controversial Newsweek cover story: Has President Obama delivered on his promises? Ferguson writes that Obama has not delivered, and then marshals the ...

Recognizing false claims and fake videos shared on social media is a challenge for U.S. voters as the 2026 midterm elections approach. That is why Lead Stories and several other fact-checking ...

Reuters Fact Check addresses online misinformation with coverage that maintains accuracy, integrity and impartiality. The unit is part of Reuters news agency.

Disinformation was a big problem before the war in Ukraine. Now it's even worse with the rise of fake fact-checkers. You've probably seen real fact-check articles online, news organizations debunking ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Fact-checkers from around the world shared some recent examples of their short videos at the annual GlobalFact fact-checking conference here. Here are three. Puzhakkal’s outlet ...

As social media platforms increasingly lean on artificial intelligence to spot misinformation, new research suggests those tools don’t work equally well for everyone. In two large online experiments ...

Let's talk about what's going on with Snopes: the newsroom, the products, the people, and everything and anything that makes Snopes, Snopes. This month Nick Hardinges wrote about our ongoing efforts ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — At the annual conference of fact-checking known as GlobalFact, journalists tasked with calling out falsehoods met amid financial challenges and governmental obstacles — but also a ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — For Alan Duke, co-founder of the fact-checking outlet Lead Stories, the challenges of trusting AI in an era of malleable truth were crystallized recently in his hotel room. Duke ...

On March 19, 2024, the reputable fact-checking organisation Africa Check published an article by Mary Alexander titled: "Misleading to claim eight South African opposition parties ‘stand with Israel’" ...