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Fact Check: Did a Child Shout 'Shut the F*** Up' During a Jill Biden Book Reading?
A video on Twitter featuring the first lady at a Christmas reading event for children appears to end with profanity directed at her.
Social Media Superspreaders - Misinformation Monitor
One year later, Facebook and Twitter are still ignoring warnings about half of the accounts they knew spread COVID-19 misinformation, keeping their users' health at risk.
Fact Check: Is There 'New Footage' Showing Police Beating Rioter Rosanne Boyland?
A new viral video claims to contain "new graphic" footage of the incident during the January 6 Capitol insurrection as the rioter lay unconscious on the ground.
Fact Check: Are Donald Trump's California Gas Price Claims Accurate?
The former president says Californians are paying $7.50 per gallon, but is he correct?
Fact Check: Are Photos of Random 'Piles of Bricks' in Kenosha Genuine?
As the Kyle Rittenhouse trial jury deliberates a verdict, rumors about bricks appearing on the streets of Kenosha are spreading on social media.
Fact Check: Did Kyle Rittenhouse Prosecutor Point Gun at Jury, Telling Them to Convict?
Thomas Binger's demonstration of the rifle in court infuriated some gun safety advocates, fueling claims online that he breached security protocols.
Fact Check: Is Video of Woman Refusing to Sit Next to Unvaccinated Man on Flight Real?
The video, promoted heavily by vaccine skeptics, went viral despite some social media users questioning its authenticity.
Joe Biden's Remarkable Week May Just Rescue His Presidency
A week ago Biden was staring into the abyss. By Saturday morning, the story was almost entirely different.
Now Is The Time to Root for The Sports Underdog
The same way the first blockchain community-created tools that "bank the unbanked," I hope to bring the same spirit of democratization to the sports world.
TikTok Feeds Covid Misinformation to Kids Minutes after They Sign Up
NewsGuard Misinformation Monitor: Toxic TikTok: Popular social-media video app feeds vaccine misinformation to kids within minutes after they sign up
Former Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh Speaks While Battling the Taliban
"The world is watching the defeat of the U.S. and NATO's military might," Saleh said, "... a defeat in the hands of a Pakistan-based, Pakistan-backed and Pakistan-led group."
NewsGuard Misinformation Monitor: August 2021
Welcome back to NewsGuard's Misinformation Monitor, our newsletter tracking misinformation with exclusive data from five countries.
Will Joe Biden Cancel Student Debt? What's Next For Him in This Decision?
Democrats place renewed emphasis on cancelling college debt as President Joe Biden extends the pause on federal student loan payments until January 31, 2022.
Misinformation site Gateway Pundit is dominating coverage of Arizona's election audit
Misinformation site Gateway Pundit dominates coverage of Maricopa County's election audit; grabs over five percent of all social media engagement on news articles.
Joe Biden Wounds Cuba, Venezuela and China's Hopes of Obama-Style Detente
The American president said the U.S. stands with Cuban protesters and condemned "decades of repression" by "Cuba's authoritarian regime."
Fourth Stimulus Check: 3 Reasons Why it Won't Happen
A petition for a monthly $2,000 stimulus check is gaining traction, but there is little, if any, prospect of a fourth round of payments.
How the Chinese Communist Party Outwitted American Capitalists
U.S. policymakers were sure that if China opened economically, political freedom would follow. Maybe it's time for a Mao Zedong-style self-criticism session.
Tucker Carlson and the Liberal Outrage Economy Need Each Other
The Fox News host loves to rally against those he accuses of participating in "cancel culture." But despite mutual loathing, he and his enemies have a symbiotic relationship.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Kept Matt Gaetz Afloat When Sex Scandal Hit. Now She's Sinking Too
The Republican faces calls for her to be expelled from the House after she compared a mask mandate to the Holocaust.
How a well-meaning U.S. government database fuels dangerous vaccine misinformation
Natural News picked up the false claim from a familiar source of pandemic misinformation: Red-rated website Great Game India, which in January 2020 also spread a different falsehood that the COVID-19 virus was stolen from a Canadian lab.
Exclusive: Inside the Military's Secret Undercover Army
Thousands of soldiers, civilians and contractors operate under false names, on the ground and in cyberspace. A Newsweek investigation of the ever-growing and unregulated world of "signature reduction."
How the Pandemic Helped Me Make Peace with Home-Schooling
A recent survey showed that Democrats were actually more likely to express increased interest in home-schooling than Republicans, breaking down the notion that home-schooling is only for conservative, white, religious families.