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Pro-Iran narratives target Azerbaijan’s Jewish war hero amid Israel-Baku disinformation row
The posts appeared amid renewed Iranian and pro-Iranian claims that Azerbaijan is being used as a platform for Israeli operations against Iran.
Trump admin. considering $300 billion investment fund if Iran upholds ceasefire - report
Unpacking viral theories: Censorship, Mojtaba missing, and death hoaxes
Trump claims Iran using AI as 'disinformation weapon,' coordinated with US media outlets
German man accused of posing as a Jew and peddling fake, antisemitism-laced Holocaust story
Central Council of Jews in Germany: "The damage done by such charlatans to such an important project is great."
'Adam and Eve' theory: Catastrophe as Earth's magnetic poles reverse?
The "Adam and Eve" theory is gaining momentum on TikTok, according to which every 6,500 years a disaster on the scale of the biblical "flood" strikes the Earth. Is it true?
‘Chronically online’ Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news - study
The first survey to use the new 20-point test called ‘MIST’ has found that adult US citizens correctly classified two-thirds of headlines they were shown as either real or fake.
Jerusalem Design Week 2023 focuses on facts
This year’s Jerusalem Design Week checks out the facts on the ground.
Israeli minister's NYC parade photo: A symptom of what we must combat - opinion
A word to Amichai Chikli: The photo may indeed be fake news, but it is essential to move forward and focus on the real challenges we face as the Jewish people.
China erases 1.4 million social media posts in bid to 'clean' cyberspace
The latest crackdown targeted accounts on popular Chinese social media apps including WeChat, Douyin, and Weibo that fall under the category of "self-media."
Wine Talk: In vino veritas
Closer examination shows how wineries are prepared to have a very flexible interpretation of the facts, to suit the imagination of a particular marketing department of the time
Letters to the Editor March 13, 2023: Blatant omissions
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Americans tend to share fake news to fit in socially, French study reports
“Conformity and social pressure are key motivators of the spread of fake news,” said lead researcher assistant Prof. of decision sciences Matthew Asher Lawson
Sharing news on social media can stop you knowing what's true - study
"Just asking people whether they want to share things makes them more likely to believe headlines they wouldn't otherwise have believed" - Dr. David Rand, a professor at MIT and co-author of the study