�鶹��ý

Skip to content

From Satanic panics to QAnon: A guide to fake news and conspiracies

Humans

From Satanic panics to QAnon: A guide to fake news and conspiracies

In You Are Here, Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner make a powerful case that we should treat fake news and conspiracy theories like pollution

Culture

How social media can nudge people into becoming conspiracy theorists

Humans

How social media can nudge people into becoming conspiracy theorists

News

Silicon Valley needs to take responsibility for its political power

Technology

Silicon Valley needs to take responsibility for its political power

Comment

How to avoid using your devices too much during the pandemic

Humans

How to avoid using your devices too much during the pandemic

Comment

Angry face

Technology

Reading Facebook comments on news articles can make you a toxic person

News

woman texting

Mind

People easily distracted by their phones perform worse on memory tests

News

Feels Good Man review: Reclaiming Pepe the Frog from the alt-right

Technology

Feels Good Man review: Reclaiming Pepe the Frog from the alt-right

Culture

'Ums' and 'ers' are a hidden code that helped complex language evolve

Humans

'Ums' and 'ers' are a hidden code that helped complex language evolve

Features

How a rural Mexican village built its own phone network

Technology

How a rural Mexican village built its own phone network

Culture

Facebook may never get a grip of its fake news problem

Technology

Facebook may never get a grip of its fake news problem

Facebook has long promised to tackle misinformation on its platform, but its attempts so far have been poor, says Donna Lu

Comment

Humans

The absurd QAnon conspiracy theory is expanding into science denial

Comment

Technology

TikTok is censoring videos with LGBTQ+ hashtags in Russian and Arabic

News

Technology

How wholesome memes could save us all

Comment

Health

Nutrition memes forget that there is no such thing as a 'healthy food'

Comment