The Internet has evolved into a ubiquitous and indispensable digital environment in which
people communicate, seek information, and make decisions. Despite offering various …

Fact checkers evaluate the truthfulness of political claims appearing in public. The practice
has increased enormously in recent years. This review analyses research concerning …

Despite its growing prominence in news coverage and public discourse, there is still
considerable ambiguity regarding when and how fact-checking affects beliefs. Informed by …

Professional fact-checking, a prominent approach to combating misinformation, does not
scale easily. Furthermore, some distrust fact-checkers because of alleged liberal bias. We …

Misinformation threatens modern society by promoting distrust in science, changing
narratives in public health, heightening social polarization, and disrupting democratic …

Fact‐checking has become an important feature of the modern media landscape. However,
it is unclear what the most effective format of fact‐checks is. Some have argued that simple …

A number of exciting advances have been made in automated fact-checking thanks to
increasingly larger datasets and more powerful systems, leading to improvements in the …

Identifying successful approaches for reducing the belief and spread of online
misinformation is of great importance. Social media companies currently rely largely on …

During recent years, growing concerns about emergent formats of visual disinformation and,
in particular, deepfakes have shaped public debates and media scholarship. Empirical …

College students lack fact-checking skills, which may lead them to accept information at face
value. We report findings from an institution participating in the Digital Polarization Initiative …