Mark Zuckerberg's Meta announced that it is ending its fact-checking program in the United States and will implement community notes similar to Elon Musk's X.
HuffPost's recent claim that President-elect Donald Trump stoked hate following the New Year’s terrorist attack in New Orleans seems to be one of the first major anti-Trump conspiracy theories of 2025. The headline of the article, "Trump Stokes Hate With False Insinuations About New Orleans Truck Attack Suspect," promotes a narrative that is based on an exaggeration of Trump’s words and an intentional mischaracterization of his stance.
In a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, podcast host Joe Rogan and X/Twitter owner Elon Musk delved into the platform’s Community Notes feature, hailing it as a groundbreaking tool for combating misinformation. The discussion follows Rogan’s October endorsement of President Trump for the 2024 election during an interview with the former president. Vice President Kamala Harris declined a similar invitation to appear on Rogan’s show.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) launched a "rumor control" page to combat "false" information surrounding the agency's response to Hurricane Helene.
Representative Jim Banks (R-IN) obtained footage of U.S. troops to fact-check Vice President Kamala Harris after she claimed there are "no active-duty troops deployed...
After the presidential debate on September 10 featuring candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, David Muir, the anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight and one of the debate moderators, experienced a decline in his program's viewership.
