#misinformation

#misinformation

This is what we call 'making [stuff] up,' as DiLucci interjects, while addressing a false claim about writing off haircuts as business expenses. The IRS identifies bad social media advice as a major threat to taxpayers, a challenge they've struggled to counter. Private CPAs, such as DiLucci, have taken the initiative to combat online misinformation, especially as influencers gain traction and followers. Kathleen Thomas notes that the government may find it difficult to counteract this disinformation effectively. Similar to past tax fraud, social media has introduced a unique form of misinformation that complicates traditional IRS responses.

Inaccurate ideas about firearms from rumors, mass media, and political rhetoric can endanger people and distort policy debates. It's important to ground our perspectives in facts.

In New York City's Times Square, multiple people were injured in a shooting that rattled one of the world's busiest tourist spots, even late at night.

Kruszelnicki's creations in science communication, such as the AI-powered Digital Dr Karl, aim to tackle misinformation, especially surrounding climate change, by offering authoritative, evidence-based responses.

The news landscape of 2025 is a battlefield of fact versus fiction. As generative AI floods social feeds with increasingly plausible but fake content, the need for credible, verified information has never been more urgent.

Researchers identified 139 novel methods to cause AI systems to misbehave, including generating misinformation and leaking personal data, during a red teaming exercise.

The FDA advisory panel's scrutiny of SSRIs during pregnancy raises concerns, highlighting significant misinformation about mental illness and treatment options for pregnant women.

Dr Viktor Ivanovik claimed that dangerous bacteria start growing on corpses just nine hours after death, potentially causing loss of smell and cardio-respiratory problems.

The screenshot appears to have been taken from the collaborative equality index site Equaldex, which relies on users to update LGBTQ+ laws globally.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) is calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to explain the Trump administration's cuts to HIV/AIDS programs, citing concerns over misinformation regarding the virus.

This is a common sense post.” Pratt misrepresented the content of Senate Bill 549, claiming it would enable L.A. County to push dense reconstruction and bypass local zoning decisions.

In Europe, cases of whooping cough tripled to nearly 300,000 in 2024, while measles infections doubled to over 125,000, WHO said, amid falling vaccine coverage.

Newspapers and social media platforms that agree to deprioritize misinformation could be violating US antitrust law if they exclude rivals or lead to anticompetitive effects, the Justice Department says.

Mackey's conviction was overturned as the 2nd Circuit found no evidence that his social media posts misled anyone into not voting, stating it was not proved he conspired with others.

Cloud seeding is an attempt to make precipitation fall from clouds by injecting a mineral similar to ice, allowing small water droplets to freeze and fall as heavier ice particles.

Grok's output suggested that "a particular group" fueled "pervasive ideological biases, propaganda, and subversive tropes in Hollywood-like anti-white stereotypes."

Listen, this is one of the more devastating stories that I think we've had to cover. As a mother of two daughters that are going to go to camp at some point, I cannot even imagine what that feels like.

AI writing often maintains a formal or neutral tone, lacking the personality and energy found in human communication, making it easily recognizable.

"[W]hile I don't think it's going to propel us to a misinformation doomsday just yet, Veo 3 strikes me as an absolute AI slop machine," Johnson wrote.

Elon Musk's actions have included displaying a Nazi salute, promoting misinformation, and undermining humanitarian efforts, contributing to a dangerous political climate in the U.S.

A 17-second video published on TikTok, with over 500,000 views, allegedly shows footage from the 25 June 2025 protests in Nairobi, Kenya, but is actually old footage from Ethiopia.

Elon Musk's X is running a new pilot program that allows AI chatbots to generate Community Notes on the platform, aimed at combating fake news.