Tag: Rumors and Misinformation
South Africans React to Ramaphosa’s Meeting With Trump
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How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election
After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have...
UK Laws Are Not ‘Fit for Social Media Age,’ Says Report...
British laws restricting what the police can say about criminal cases are “not fit for the social media age,” a government committee said...
DeepSeek A.I. Is a Win for China, but a Danger to...
In 2017, China watched in awe — and shock — as AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence program backed by Google, defeated a Chinese prodigy...
Anti-Immigrant Rioters Set a UK Library on Fire. The Community Rallied.
When the rioters came for Spellow Library, they used the nonfiction section as kindling.Deborah Moore, then the library’s manager, arrived the next morning...
U.K. May Change Terrorism Law After Southport Attack, Starmer Says
Britain faces a new and dangerous form of extremism, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday, warning that loners and misfits were being...
Southport Stabbing: 18-Year-Old Pleads Guilty to Murder at Taylor Swift-Themed Dance...
Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder on Monday, on the first day of his trial for carrying out a...
The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.
While many of Mr. Musk’s posts, particularly those on grooming gangs, originated in the ecosystem of far-right bloggers and activists, they are also...
A Neo-Nazi Helped Incite U.K. Riots. Elon Musk Criticized His Sentencing.
Hours after a deadly knife attack in the northern English town of Southport last July, Andrew McIntyre set up a Telegram channel called...
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence
Most American parents hardly give thought to polio beyond the instant their child is immunized against the disease. But there was a time...
