Misinformation is found in every element of our online lives. It ranges from fake products available to buy, fake lifestyle posts on social media accounts and fake news about health and politics.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. A March 2025 study published in the peer-reviewed journal Health ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The internet might seem like a convenient culprit driving recent attention and concerns about misinformation, but pointing fingers exclusively at the digital age is narrow and limiting ...

A failure to curb health misinformation puts American lives at risk, he said. The surgeon general on Thursday warned Americans about what he called the "urgent threat of health misinformation" amid ...

Misinformation can be found everywhere these days, both online and offline. While fact-checking and corrections help, they often fall short, especially when false claims align with what people already ...

It’s not just humans who suffer from leading one another astray. So do fish, flies and even bacteria. By Carl Zimmer Earlier this year, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine ...

Confirmation bias is when people only believe information that reinforces what they already believe. For example, vaccine opponents may only believe information about vaccines being unsafe, and will ...

Yvonne Skipper has received funding from the ESRC, Education Scotland and British Academy. Misinformation is found in every element of our online lives. It ranges from fake products available to buy, ...