Chinese cyber and #disinformation attacks on Taiwanese government departments have jumped by 17 percent in 2025 compared to last year, now averaging about 2.8 million items and attempts daily, according to Taiwan's National Security Bureau as reported by Yimou Lee in Reuters.

Learn more about Scary Share-y, the rowdiest repeater around, reactionary Headline Hellion and other engaging Media Monster characters designed to help students grades 3-5 understand the fundamentals of free speech and the First Amendment, and compare various types of media and

Civil, unbiased and apolitical are how we approach #misinformation and #disinformation. Learn more at tipaz.org

The attached Psychology Today article explains that belief in false health claims stems from a mix of psychological, emotional, and social factors, often spread by charismatic communicators who use emotion to make their message seem trustworthy and straightforward compared to nuanced

A study led by University of Exeter Professor Florian Stoeckel who put the findings in a new book, The Power of the Crowd, highlights the impact of user comments and how they shape how others judge content. Accurate comments can help identify hashtag#misinformation, while misleading

Barbara McQuade, law professor and author of Attack from Within posted in our Books section, spoke of the growing dangers of mis- and #disinformation on social media and its destabilizing impacts to our society during the recent 'Democracy Summit' hosted by the University of

We've added 'The Power of the Crowd,' part of Cambridge University's Elements series, to our Books section dedicated to the study of mis- and #disinformation. The book highlights the impact of user comments and how they shape how others judge content, drawing from a pool of more than

A new Cal Poly Pomona course explores how #misinformation spreads in online spaces, why people believe it, and impacts on society and democracy, providing students with essential media literacy and critical thinking skills to help them recognize and respond to misleading content

The #EU seeks increased cooperation from big tech platforms Google, Meta , Microsoft, TikTok US, and #X, along with social media influencers, to combat hybrid threats like bots and fake profiles, dis- and #misinformation, and foreign interference. Under the EU's Digital

Increasingly sophisticated #AI tools now allow state and nonstate actors to craft convincing fake texts, images, and videos at unprecedented speed and scale, reducing the cost and expertise once required for #disinformation campaigns, new Foreign Affairs reporting shows. These

A study from New York University and UC San Diego finds that Latinos who rely on Spanish-language social media for news were 11-20 percentage points more likely to believe false political narratives than those using English-only platforms. Researchers surveyed more than 1,100 Latino

Social platform X introduced a new feature last month that shows the country or region where an account is based, derived from IP data, with the stated goal of improving transparency and helping people spot bots, spam, and foreign 'troll farm' operations. A number of users began

A new Saarlandes University study in Germany highlights how #AI systems increasingly scrape both traditional news sites and #disinformation websites to train their models. This open-door approach enables misinformation sites to propagate false narratives using AI tools, often

Give a thought-provoking selection from our library of books related to mis- and #disinformation this holiday season, written by leading experts like Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon), Barb McQuade, Richard Stengel, Gale Sinatra ☮️, Gary Marcus, Kara Swisher, Sander van der Linden, Anne Applebaum, Jonathan Haidt,

Social psychologists Randy Stein of Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Northridge's Abraham Rutchick explain that some media consumers endorse obviously false claims not out of ignorance, but to signal dominance and psychological independence from perceived enemies or authorities in this

AI-generated deepfake videos of doctors whose words have been manipulated have been used to help sell supplements and spread health #misinformation, the fact-checking org Full Fact has uncovered. Online videos were manipulated to promote a natural probiotic aimed at menopause on