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Misinformation is found in every element of our online lives. It ranges from fake products available to buy, fake lifestyle posts on social media accounts and fake news about health and politics.

Evidence shows that older adults are just as, if not more, likely than younger generations to believe misinformation.

(CNN) — If you’ve ever been fooled by oversimplified or misleading claims online, there is more that you can do to protect yourself, a new study finds. Misinformation training can be an effective tool ...

Jaijit Bhattacharya, president, Centre for Digital Economy Policy, explains how social media is being used to manipulate ...

In 2018, a wave of wildfires in California sparked its own misinformation surge. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) famously asserted that “Jewish space lasers” and the Rothschild family were to ...

Social media greatly increases the accessibility of global news. However, this can mean that inaccurate and harmful information is spread, leading to adverse effects on society. Medical misinformation ...

From claims that vaccines don't work to manipulated images and deliberately misrepresenting what politicians say, social media is often rife with misinformation. But far from being a recent phenomenon ...

Health care misinformation can come from many places, but people on both sides of the political aisle are increasingly concerned about misinformation in government. According to the Pew Research ...

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