A new study by researchers at Michigan State University has found a correlation between people who spend a lot of time on social media and their propensity to fall for “fake news” stories.

People in China and in North Korea didn’t realise that is was a joke and shared it, believing it was true. Vick Hope: One of the most wide spread types of fake news is clickbait. James Ball ...

You've probably heard the claim that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile. It's usually framed as a feel-good reason ...

Has a list of accomplices been revealed? We debunk the major fake news surrounding the Sean "Diddy" Combs scandal, in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Across social media, posts can fly up faster than most fact-checkers and moderators can handle, and they are often an unpredictable mix of true, fake, out of context and straight propaganda.

True crime fans say they reported the videos months ago after YouTube recommended them, but they aren’t being removed. A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed to tell you everything you ...

With a new Indiana law on the books this year, her typical advice ― make sure it's true ― has an added layer: Make sure it's not a life-like fake or digitally altered image. As artificially ...