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An artist edited Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler onto a Time magazine cover, and many people falsely assumed the image was real – then shared it widely around social media. Reporter Maya Broadwater from Mediawise, a digital media literacy and factchecking group, explains.

Social media has given journalists and the public access to a huge amount of information from the war in Ukraine, but separating fact from disinformation has never been harder. Members of the NBC Social Newsgathering team joined NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker to walk him through how they vet social media videos to get at the truth.

What would it take for Spotify to distance itself from Joe Rogan and his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience? Though artists Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have pulled their music from the platform, the streaming service is not likely to nix its $100 million deal with Rogan, says Business Insider reporter Natalie Jarvey. She says platforms have weathered other controversies...

Spotify is adding a content advisory warning to podcasts that discuss COVID-19 amid complaints that it was allowing misinformation to spread on its platform.

More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform

Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy

Law enforcement accused Iran of orchestrating an email campaign aimed at intimidating Democratic voters in battleground states so they would vote for then-President Donald Trump.

Twitter users will see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing.

The Department of Homeland Security released an updated National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin on Wednesday, warning that social and politically motivated domestic extremism is expected to carry over from 2021 into the new year.

House Oversight Committee chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., announced Thursday that the committee would be issuing subpoenas to six fossil fuel companies after they refused to comply with its investigation over Big Oil’s role in spreading climate change misinformation.

House Oversight Committee chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., blasted Exxon, Shell, Chevron and BP executives for knowingly misinforming the public on the impact of their products on climate change. “For far too long, Big Oil has escaped accountability for its central role for bringing our planet to the brink of a climate catastrophe. That ends today.”

In September 2021, NBCLX Storyteller Cody Broadway travelled from Los Angeles to his hometown of San Angelo, Texas. He had been following the impact of COVID-19 on the community where he was raised and hearing about the personal toll it was taking on his own family, friends, and former colleagues. He wanted to see for himself why this city of...

For the residents of San Angelo, Texas, recently the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases, personal responsibility can mean the difference between life and death. On one side of the debate dividing neighbors in the Texas city is Caleb Wallace, who believes public health protections are taking away his freedoms. On the other side is Zach Shutterfield, seriously burned...

In September 2021, San Angelo, Texas, was considered the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases. With the latest surge of the delta variant, more than 100 people have lost their lives to the virus since the beginning of August. How did we get here? Episode 2 of “Dying to Be Wrong,” a four-part mini-documentary series by NBCLX storyteller Cody...

“Faith over fear” is a common expression among residents in San Angelo, Texas, which was considered the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases in September 2021. In episode 3 of “Dying to Be Wrong,” a four-part mini-documentary series, NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway tells stories of faith and fear – from a vaccinated preacher’s death to the stress funeral...

In San Angelo, Texas, recently the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases, “I saw it on social media” is a statement often heard by community leaders trying to fight the pandemic. In episode 4 of “Dying to Be Wrong,” the final installment of a four-part mini-documentary series, NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway explores how social media changed how some residents...

Nearly all Americans agree that the rampant spread of misinformation is a problem

In a deeply divided Texas town plagued by mistrust of the public health authorities, some say the COVID-19 death toll is a hoax, or greatly exaggerated. Others are left picking up the pieces after a loved one passes.

Dr. Uché Blackstock says she wanted to give Nicki Minaj some solid information about the COVID vaccine after seeing the artist’s social media posts linking strange health outcomes to the shot. Blackstock says society needs better responses to misinformation and communities need access to trusted messengers.

Trinidad and Tobago’s health minister is pushing back on what he says are “false claims” made by rapper Nicki Minaj, who tweeted earlier this week about an uncorroborated adverse reaction from the coronavirus vaccine on testicles.