Comments from President Trump and his allies fueled fear among some voters that the president could deploy ICE to the polls during the midterm elections. That would face legal and practical challenges...

Ridley Mentzer, 14, knows teens struggle to make sense of news and other information today. That's why he donated $100 to the News Literacy Project.

The crowdsourced moderation project faces a choice between scale and legitimacy

An image appears to show President Donald Trump asking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to pardon Tiger Woods for a DUI charge. It’s a fake post.

Disinformation campaigns spread fake content about the Iran war, ICE arrests Nashville reporter, and how an Afghan woman reports the news under Taliban rule.

BUTLER TWP — Over 100 students from four school districts learned about identifying and fact-checking misinformation they might encounter on social media sites and assumed the role of journalists at a...

A video shared on X claims to show a recent Iranian attack on a U.S. air base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The video is from 2024 and shows a bombing in Yemen.

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Special issue of The Sift on the role news plays in the information landscape — including slides for students to practice separating news from content about news.

At the Knight Media Forum 2026, the News Literacy Project asked the audience to play a game that challenged: Can you tell if something is AI generated?

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WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

Look closely, slow down, think critically before believing what you see on the internet, experts caution.

Synthetic videos of Renée Good are the latest form of technology-facilitated dehumanization

From missing fingers to heads that don't fit bodies, dramatic images of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro's capture on social media are riddled with the hallmarks of AI generation.

In a time of deep distrust and widespread propaganda, news and media literacy skills are more vital than ever.

Flu season is severe this year largely due to a new strain of the flu called “subclade K.” But doctors say getting the shot can still reduce the risk of severe illness.

Naïve faith and wholesale pessimism are not your only options.

Compensation for Matt Moog rose as the company slashed jobs at the Chicago Sun-Times and at WBEZ.

From seemingly AI-generated videos to the recirculation of old footage, TikTok, Instagram, and X did little to stop the onslaught of misleading posts in the wake of the US invasion of Venezuela.

You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.

The phrase refers to online content that is "deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive," with the aim of driving traffic to a particular social media account.

The White House now has conflicting approaches for Associated Press journalists as it fights the news service in court over access to presidential events.

An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.

Did Donald Trump mistakenly read "state your name" instead of using his own name while swearing in newly enlisted U.S. troops during the half-time of a Washington Commanders - Detroit Lions game? No, that's not true: Prompting "state your name"...