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Can ChatGPT fact-check? PolitiFact tested.

Can ChatGPT fact-check? PolitiFact tested.

By Grace Abels • May 30, 2023
How to detect deepfake videos like a fact-checker

How to detect deepfake videos like a fact-checker

By Gabrielle Settles • April 19, 2023
Ron DeSantis’ baseless theory that the government wants to control people’s purchases

Ron DeSantis’ baseless theory that the government wants to control people’s purchases

By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2023
US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say

US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say

By Madison Czopek • March 17, 2023
Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know

Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 11, 2022
How will social media platforms respond to election misinformation? It isn’t clear

How will social media platforms respond to election misinformation? It isn’t clear

By Hana Stepnick • August 1, 2022
What is the future of automated fact-checking? Fact-checkers discuss

What is the future of automated fact-checking? Fact-checkers discuss

By Grace Abels • June 28, 2022
The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine

The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine

By Bill McCarthy • April 1, 2022
How broken URLs helped fuel an unfounded conspiracy theory related to biolabs in Ukraine

How broken URLs helped fuel an unfounded conspiracy theory related to biolabs in Ukraine

By Jeff Cercone • March 17, 2022
As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage

As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage

By Bill McCarthy • March 4, 2022
‘Cheap fakes’: Viral videos keep clipping Biden’s words out of context

‘Cheap fakes’: Viral videos keep clipping Biden’s words out of context

By Bill McCarthy • February 14, 2022
An open letter to YouTube’s CEO from the world’s fact-checkers

An open letter to YouTube’s CEO from the world’s fact-checkers

By PolitiFact Staff • January 12, 2022
People are using coded language to avoid social media moderation. Is it working?

People are using coded language to avoid social media moderation. Is it working?

By Kayla Steinberg • November 4, 2021
Hangings, guillotines and Gitmo: Going behind Real Raw News’ sensational (and fabricated) headlines

Hangings, guillotines and Gitmo: Going behind Real Raw News’ sensational (and fabricated) headlines

By Bill McCarthy • September 24, 2021
How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry

How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry

By Bill McCarthy • September 9, 2021
PolitiFact California Guide To Misinformation About The Newsom Recall Election

PolitiFact California Guide To Misinformation About The Newsom Recall Election

By Chris Nichols • August 16, 2021
Ahead of face-to-face meeting, Biden and Putin remain far apart on the facts

Ahead of face-to-face meeting, Biden and Putin remain far apart on the facts

By Jon Greenberg • June 14, 2021
United Facts of America: Sen. Mark Warner embarrassed by inaction on tech regulation

United Facts of America: Sen. Mark Warner embarrassed by inaction on tech regulation

By Harrison Mantas • May 12, 2021
What the Oversight Board’s action on Trump’s ban means for fact-checking on Facebook

What the Oversight Board’s action on Trump’s ban means for fact-checking on Facebook

By Samantha Putterman • May 6, 2021
Censorship or misinformation? DeSantis and YouTube spar over COVID roundtable takedown

Censorship or misinformation? DeSantis and YouTube spar over COVID roundtable takedown

By Victoria Knight • April 21, 2021

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