A Whisperer to the Stars on the Middle East Conflict

The actress Debra Messing had a question: How do you share commentary about the Israel-Hamas conflict online in ways that will best influence others? She posed the question a few months ago in a room with about 30 other Jewish activists, allies and influencers participating in a one-day workshop held in Los Angeles by the […]

This Group Refuses to Stop Tracking Disinformation

Though a larger coalition of fact checkers has disbanded, a team of students and researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle is still working to document how lies online threaten to undermine this year’s presidential race. Inside two small, windowless conference rooms on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, a group […]

How Elon Musk Changed Course to Go All Out for Trump

Two weeks after making a stunning $44 billion bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, Elon Musk began to lay out a vision for his ownership of the social network. The company’s management had become biased in favor of left-wing values, Mr. Musk argued, and he would stamp out political partisanship. “For Twitter to deserve […]

Fact Checking False Voter Fraud Claims About Votes Exceeding Eligible Voters

The false claim Some people have misleadingly claimed that election officials in one state or another have counted more ballots than there are registered or eligible voters. Why it’s false Presidential election data has shown that the number of ballots cast has always remained well below the number of eligible voters. Only about 66 percent […]

Cecile Richards Is Trying to Ensure Abortion Stories Break Through

Last week, an Instagram account with fewer than 3,500 followers published a video of a Florida woman named Deborah Dorbert. She described carrying a baby diagnosed with Potter syndrome, a fatal condition, to full term after being denied an abortion. Her son lived for 94 minutes, she said in the video. The next morning, the […]

Meta Earnings Show Revenue Increase, Even as Spending Spree Continues

The Silicon Valley company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it does not plan to slow down its investments anytime soon. For the last few years, Meta has faced criticism from investors for spending on future-facing projects like artificial intelligence, chatbots and the metaverse. Now Meta wants everyone to know that at least some […]