The cultural reverence for men who turn themselves into spokespeople for ‘alternative’ thinking provides a pipeline into conspiracy theories and fake news.

Most links shared on social media aren’t clicked on at all -- suggesting that most shares aren’t even based on actual reading of the texts.

“We can in a very apolitical way help people gain resistance to manipulation online."

The proposed recommendations claim Pythagoras and calculus have Vedic roots, and thus "communicate to our students' such details of our lofty past."

“It makes sense for us to care about what other people think, not just to conform, but because we’re looking for reliable sources..."

Passing on the onus of fact-checking onto users, and Google, might not be the the most foolproof way to tackle the infodemic.

In response to its warning label, the U.S. President said the social media giant was "stifling free speech."

Influential people were responsible for 20% of false claims, but their social media accounted for 69% of total engagement.

Facebook's 2016 move to put warning labels on fake news has backfired.

In the era of fake news, an inability to distinguish between the two has real-world implications.

The problem isn't a lack of factual information, it's whether and how we consume it.