The 21st Century

You’ll find plenty of fake news and conspiracy theories on Reddit—the kind of material that appears to be eroding political discourse. Yet one professor at the University of California at Davis plans to send her graduate students into the popular online forum this week to teach them to bring more

A study of middle-school to college-age students found most absorb social media news without considering the source. How parents can teach research skills and skepticism.

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An exclusive Ipsos poll conducted for BuzzFeed News found that 75% of American adults who were familiar with a fake news headlin

We’ve heard about its power to help us empathize with others. But what if, instead, it’s just cocooning us with our friends?

In the wake of a campaign cycle that saw “fake news” widely shared on social media — and widespread criticism that his company did not do enough to combat it — Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced late last week that his company is working to address the problem of “misinformation” being spread