#misinformation

Kalshi moved to remove sponsored influencer posts tied to conspiracy-laden reactions to the Los Angeles mayoral count, highlighting growing pressure on prediction platforms.

A STAT opinion piece argues that the growing perimenopause conversation is being distorted by influencers, supplements, hormones and a profit-driven information market.

As headlines spread about a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship, conspiracy networks and wellness influencers moved quickly to recycle familiar pandemic-era misinformation.

A new wave of online misinformation is pushing baseless claims that attempts on Donald Trump's life were staged, with influencers on both the right and the left amplifying the narrative.

A new Wired analysis argues that the internet’s truth-checking systems are being outpaced by synthetic media, meme-native official messaging, and algorithmic distribution that rewards speed over verification

Editors from 20 health and science journals are urging platforms, publishers, communicators, and policymakers to strengthen safeguards for medical information as concerns over misinformation persist.

Experts describe a web of AI-manipulated videos and coordinated disinformation campaigns flooding the internet to sway public opinion on the US-Iran conflict.