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This picture taken from a position in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing in the the Palestinian territory after an Israeli strike on November 21, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Civilian deaths are being dismissed as 'crisis actors' in Gaza and Israel
Israeli troop reinforcements take position at the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Monday. Social media and messaging apps have been flooded with false and out of context images since fighting started this weekend. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Video game clips and old videos are flooding social media about Israel and Gaza
People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories
More than 100 million people have signed up for Threads, Meta's rival to Twitter. Voting rights groups say this popularity could make it a breeding ground for election disinformation. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station set up in a fire station on Aug. 23 in Miami Beach, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough
A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay millions of dollars for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But his influence in right-wing media and politics remains strong. Matt York/AP hide caption
How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories into American life
Nina Jankowicz resigned as head of the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS after relentless attacks from conservatives. DHS has put the board on pause. DHS hide caption
She joined DHS to fight disinformation. She says she was halted by... disinformation
A group within the Department of Homeland Security focused on combating disinformation has been paused. Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ben Bergquam was hospitalized with COVID in January. He says he brought his own prescription for ivermectin — an unproven COVID therapy. Screenshot by NPR/Facebook hide caption
What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine
The European Commission is asking Facebook, Twitter, Google and others to share more details about what their platforms are doing to curb disinformation. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption
A man holds a Black Lives Matter flag during a March protest in St. Paul, Minn. Support for Black Lives Matter surged after protests following George Floyd's death. Activists charge that disparaging posts targeting BLM are part of an overall effort to undermine the movement and its message. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Journalist Masha Borzunova during a taping of the show Fake News in TV Rain's Moscow studios. Lucian Kim/NPR hide caption
Russian Show 'Fake News' Wages Lone Battle Against The Kremlin's TV Propaganda
The majority of anti-vaccine claims on social media trace back to a small number of influential figures, according to researchers. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows
A man walks by a mobile health clinic displaying a picture of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (right) and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, in Managua on April 14, 2020. The government claims to be successfully combating the pandemic but health workers and critics say the toll is likely higher. Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Citizens Work To Expose COVID's Real Toll In Nicaragua As Leaders Claim Success
'Full Of Hatred And Fear': Disinformation On YouTube Divided A Dad And Daughter
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak in February. Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
How Israel Persuaded Reluctant Ultra-Orthodox Jews To Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19
'Exit Counselors' Strain To Pull Americans Out Of A Web Of False Conspiracies
False conspiracy theories have always been a part of U.S. history, but experts say they're spreading faster and wider than ever before. Matt Williams for NPR hide caption
'More Dangerous And More Widespread': Conspiracy Theories Spread Faster Than Ever
The disinformation and "big lie" of election fraud motivated many people to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Matt Williams for NPR hide caption
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C., some with signs and symbols of Christianity. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol that day after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Protesters gather at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Later that day, the Capitol building was breached by a violent mob driven by what's commonly known as "the big lie": that President Biden wasn't legitimately elected. Jack Gruber/USA Today Network via Reuters hide caption
Disinformation Fuels A White Evangelical Movement. It Led 1 Virginia Pastor To Quit
Many Americans are feeling like they've lost loved ones to a web of conspiracy theories and false information circulating online. Sarah Gonzales for NPR hide caption