Rumors and Misinformation

Financial Advice on Social Media Is Growing. And Risky.
January 25, 2025
Amy Ryan was panicking about her savings when she went online for advice. It was April 2020, and the stock market had plunged, draining a nest egg that she...
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
January 10, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small.Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives...
Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?
January 8, 2025
Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker — the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about misleading content.It’s you.Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive,...
As Trump Praises Meta Decision, Tech Watchdogs Warn of Surge in Disinformation
January 7, 2025
While Republicans largely cheered Meta’s announcement on Tuesday that it would effectively end its fact-checking program, several tech watchdog groups condemned the decision, warning of the potential for a...
Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Fact-Checkers Were the Problem. Fact-Checkers Rule That False.
January 7, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, blamed the company’s fact-checking partners for some of Facebook’s moderation issues, saying in a video that “fact-checkers have been too politically biased” and have...