Tag: misinformation

A surge of false or misleading posts, photographs and videos about the Los Angeles protests have been circulating on social media, with many of those shared among Latinos — mostly in Spanish — tying the protesters to socialist or communist governments. One post on X with over 600,000 views claims that in the U.S., immigration

Paramedics transport a patient who was administered naloxone for a suspected fentanyl overdose in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 25, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly serious problem: misinformation. False and misleading narratives on social media

Misinformation is rife in food and beverage, with inaccurate claims about ingredients, products and production processes, made every single day. And not only can these claims be damaging to the industry, they can also be dangerous to consumers. “Misinformation within this sector is pervasive, with significant consequences for public health and market dynamics,” says Aditi

WASHINGTON – A murder of a US healthcare boss has sparked a torrent of online misinformation and calls for violence against other executives, suggesting a failure of social media moderation that analysts fear could translate into real-world harms. The posts, allowed to spread unfettered across tech platforms, came in the wake of the shooting of