Nickelodeon’s splat logo is a nod to its past, not Jeffrey Epstein’s island The logo, part of the network’s 2023 rebranding, was created to create a sense of nostalgia for the network’s early branding March 27, 2024 Jeff Cercone
Old news about a CNN anchor’s exit is being repackaged as ‘breaking’ news The post includes a photo featuring Dana Bash and Jake Tapper. Neither has left the network. It also shows a Univision anchor who does not work at CNN March 26, 2024 Ciara O'Rourke
State of the Fact-Checkers webinar to focus on fact-checking challenges, opportunities IFCN to present annual fact-checking survey results with longtime leaders Peter Cunliffe-Jones and Govindraj Ethiraj March 25, 2024 The International Fact-Checking Network
What are ‘sex’ and ‘gender’? How these terms have changed and why states now want to define them Although they’re sometimes used synonymously, ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ have different meanings to medical professionals. March 25, 2024 Grace Abels
No, a grainy image doesn’t show a Princess Kate stunt double A Facebook post included what looked like a screengrab from a widely shared TMZ video, but the image has been altered. March 22, 2024 Ciara O'Rourke
AI detection tools for audio deepfakes fall short. How 4 tools fare and what we can do instead Technology for deepfake detection is improving, but experts say tools for audio deepfake detection lag behind. March 21, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
Who owns TikTok’s parent company? Despite what Brian Kilmeade says, it’s not the Chinese government A spokesperson told PolitiFact that 60% of parent company ByteDance Ltd. is owned by global investors, 20% by co-founders and 20% by employees March 20, 2024 Jeff Cercone
What Trump said about a ‘bloodbath’ and Biden’s actions on the car industry, in context Politicians, pundits and social media users have debated Trump’s ‘bloodbath’ remark in the days following his speech in Ohio. March 19, 2024 Amy Sherman
Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists False claims about vaccines are still prevalent despite multiple studies showing they saved lives and do not cause deaths or other illness March 18, 2024 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
What experts say happened with Princess Kate’s photo and how to spot manipulated content online As generative AI and other digital editing tools become more sophisticated, experts say it will be more difficult to spot fake or manipulated content March 15, 2024 Samantha Putterman