3300 ENCOUNTERS LAST JUNE. THE HAMPTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING LOCAL BUSINESSES OF SCAMMERS USING FAKE $100 BILLS. OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE BILLS ARE SLIGHTLY BRIGHTER AND LIGHTER GREEN THAN ...

The urge to deny you’ve fallen for fake news is natural. No one likes to feel like a fool. But it means we’re in a logically impossible situation where everyone thinks other people are ...

Fake health information can take many forms. For example, it may be misleading content that distorts facts to frame an issue or individual in a certain context. Or it may be based on false ...

And according to a new paper published in the journal PLoS ONE, someone who exhibits PSMU is also more likely to believe in—and share—fake news online, contributing to the rampant spread of ...

After the Trump administration terminated education grants this week that have long funded PBS Kids, a fake LinkedIn post has been trending online from Sesame Street star Elmo, announcing that he ...

A fraudulent GoFundMe account claiming to raise money for one of three fatal car crash victims from Concord-Carlisle High School has been shut down. More than $5,700 was raised before GoFundMe ...

Kolkata: The West Bengal Directorate of Drug Control, which was already carrying out searches at multiple locations in connection to fake and non-standard medicines, searched four nursing homes in ...

Paulo Ordoveza is a web developer and image verification expert who runs the Twitter account @picpedant, where he debunks fake viral posts—and calls out the fakers. He sees firsthand the ...

Fake crypto investment platforms give themselves away in a few obvious ways. Many use fake reviews, incorrect contact information and unrealistic promises to lure you in. The best approach is a ...

The morning after Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of Twitter (now X), reporters encountered two men with boxes outside the company’s headquarters. One introduced himself as recently laid-off ...

We have new language for the situation: fake news (false reporting in general) and deepfakes (deliberately manipulated images, whether for waging war or garnering more social media followers).

It’s always the safest approach to focus on authenticity. To be clear, the focus of this section isn’t just about putting fake information on a website but rather it’s about deceptive purpose.