As journalists think of leaving X for Bluesky and Threads, media experts see pros and cons A better overall experience might come with the tradeoff of a knock to public trust December 3, 2024 Amaris Castillo
Opinion | Structural problems with tech platforms prevent fact-checkers from focusing on harm and virality Information integrity won’t improve without urgent changes to how fact-checkers do their work June 24, 2024 Baybars Örsek
Opinion | Could social media soon have warning labels? The US surgeon general wants a warning — similar to those on tobacco products — that points out mental health risks of TikTok, Instagram and others June 18, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | Let’s say it plainly: Fact-checking is not censorship Fact-checking adds to the public debate; it doesn’t suppress it April 2, 2024 Angie Drobnic Holan
Can social media platform outages impact US elections? Not likely, experts say Election officials in multiple jurisdictions told PolitiFact the March 5 Meta outages outages did not affect voting. March 7, 2024 Madison Czopek
How PolitiFact improved social media trust (and how your newsroom can do it, too) Over 100 days, we used these methods to improve our trust with audiences that only casually engage with our content. February 23, 2024 Ellen Hine
How Sora, OpenAI’s new text-to-video tool, could harm journalism and society If it’s as good as the demos make it look, we need to be ready for an onslaught of fake video, two Poynter AI experts warn February 20, 2024 Ren LaForme
‘Who makes the memes?’ People keep asking, so meet Poynter’s meme maker. January 2, 2024 Ren LaForme
Opinion | The fog of war envelops social media Hamas and the Israeli government are pioneering ways to shape public opinion about the war through Telegram, X and other social sites. October 18, 2023 Tom Jones
Fact-checkers and the social media misinformation tsunami: A Q&A with Lucas Graves One of the foremost chroniclers of the fact-checking community on the rise of online misinformation and how it has come to dominate the field October 18, 2023 Angie Drobnic Holan
What’s Brian Stelter focused on ahead of 2024? While the media landscape is abundant, options for the casual consumer aren’t as easy to come by, the former CNN Reliable Sources host says. September 19, 2023 Josie Hollingsworth
In the wake of Idalia, residents of one Florida town are turning to Facebook for their news In regions where there isn’t a robust news presence, local residents often turn to social media. September 1, 2023 Angela Fu
How content creators spread misinformation about immigration policies Various accounts on social media with hundreds of thousands of followers share false or misleading information. July 6, 2023 Maria Ramirez Uribe
Poynter and Meta partner to provide Fact-Checking Fundamentals for Asia-Pacific journalists The self-paced fact-checking course is available in 15 languages, including Korean, Pashto, Urdu and more. April 4, 2023 The International Fact-Checking Network
Opinion | Why journalists should finally leave Twitter Blue checkers lose their coveted checks Saturday. As a newsroom lawyer, I hope journalists use it as an opportunity to leave the platform for good. March 31, 2023 Kai Falkenberg
