As consumption of traditional news continues to fall, audiences are turning to social media personalities and influencers for their information. These figures are increasingly shaping public debates.

Communicating accurately is essential for maintaining credibility as a source of information. However, it is unclear whether being inaccurate impacts perceptions of sources equivalently. Across two ...

Sunscreen videos on TikTok often go viral, but the most popular may spread misinformation, a PLOS Digital Health study found.

Timothy Caulfield, JD, research director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta, takes a look at the major sources spreading dermatology misinformation to children, including social ...

Rob Bauer, the chair of a NATO military committee, reportedly said, “It is more competent not to wait, but to hit launchers in Russia in case Russia attacks us. We must strike first.” These comments, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images. A leading misinformation expert is being accused of citing non-existent sources to defend Minnesota’s new law ...

Investigation reveals more than 4.4 million people live in ‘news deserts’ that lack dedicated local reporting ...

As misinformation spreads faster than ever across digital platforms, new research highlights growing risks to public understanding of planetary defense, an area of science that deals with the threat ...