The report comes after the US government accused Russia's state news agency RT earlier this month of seeking to influence the presidential election in November and imposed sanctions on its top editors.

"The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes" said Vance on CNN

"My son was not murdered," Nathan Clark said. "He was accidentally killed by an immigrant from Haiti"

The false claims, made by Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance about Haitians in his home state of Ohio, spread like wildfire

Advocates believe the focus on this narrative threatens to sow distrust in the election system and could be used to justify challenges should Trump lose

The project is an offspring from Efecto Cocuyo, a local news organization with a specialized fact-checking unit

The site that helps Latinos combat fake news in Spanish is getting ready for its toughest test yet: the 2024 elections

As Latinos emerge as a powerful community, they also become prime targets of misinformation, says the Spanish-language network's news presenter

Misinformation and disinformation top the list for the following two years, while extreme weather events are the main one over the next ten

Climate conspiracy theories are flourishing with lifestyle influencers joining in the misinformation war and scientists hounded on social media, researchers say, as pressure rises on leaders at the COP28 summit.

Influencers with a large following, these mothers typically cite personal testimonies to passionately endorse detox sprays or bath treatments, claiming without evidence that they help rid children of toxins such as heavy metals and parasites.

The conflict, experts say, offers a grim case study of the diminished ability of prominent platforms such as Meta-owned Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter, to combat false information in a climate of layoffs and cost-cutting that have gutted trust and safety teams.

Whether it is YouTube scrapping a key misinformation policy or Facebook altering fact checking controls, the social media giants are demonstrating a certain lassitude with being the sheriffs of the internet Wild West.

As many across the world mourn for the death of legendary TV icon Betty White, her manager confirmed on Monday that she did not get a booster vaccine days before she died, squashing rumors about it in social media.

A California history teacher has been booted out from her job for allegedly misinforming her students that former president Donald Trump remains America's top leader.

Francis Goncalves said his brother was the healthiest person he knew eating only whole foods, was on a plant-based diet and had not had alcohol in 15 years.