Claims the US government has secretly retrieved crashed alien spacecraft and their non-human occupants are hardly new. They are firmly…
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Why hasn’t Sfiso Mngadi been arrested and charged for spreading misinformation about COVID-19, as per the regulations which criminalise such…
What is the cost of propaganda, misinformation and conspiracy theories? Democracy and public safety, to name just two things. The…
No matter how many scientific articles are shared and conspiracy theories are disproved, there’ll always be that one guy who…
The advent of 5G has raised many concerns among people, to the extent that anti-5G movements have emerged in various countries…
What’s not to like? 5G can deliver data rates that are up to 100 times faster than 4G, yet misinformation…
Glamourising scams is not something we like doing at Stuff. Thousands of well-meaning yet gullible people are duped by scam artists…
The World Health Organisation already has a word for this other terrible, global, viral spread of disinformation, an “infodemic”. And…
When it comes to shaping the online conversation around climate change, a new study suggests that deniers and conspiracy theorists might hold an edge over those believing in science. Researchers found evidence that most YouTube videos relating to climate change oppose the scientific consensus that it’s primarily caused by human activities.