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With so much misinformation spreading online, it can be hard to know what to trust. Daniel Funke, a reporter for PolitiFact, joined LX News to share some tips to avoid accidentally spreading fake news.

One of the most common pieces of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine is that it will make women infertile. Iahn Gonsenhauser, chief patient safety officer at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, explains why you shouldn’t believe this myth.

Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol

Bigotry toward Asian Americans and Asian food has spread steadily alongside the coronavirus in the United States. Distorted information about the virus that first appeared in China has led to a revival of century-old tropes about Asian food being dirty.

A misinformation campaign swirling around the new coronavirus vaccine may keep people from taking it, and experts say that could have an impact on slowing the pandemic.

Misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines has created a fair amount of concern over whether to get the shots for many people. “I don’t think I’m going to be one of the guinea pigs to take this one,” Massachusetts resident Ainsley Woodruff said. Sifting through a sea of social media fraught with fiction to try to find the truth can...

An NYC ER doctor who has seen the devastating impact of COVID-19 on his patients is now working to fight misinformation about the vaccine. Dr. Steven McDonald of Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center joined LX News to explain why communities of color are less likely to trust medical authorities and why it’s so important to reduce those doubts.

President Trump fired Chris Krebs, who headed election cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, on Tuesday after he debunked claims of fraud and hacking in the election. Nellie Gorbea, the Rhode Island secretary of state and an expert on election security, told LX News that his firing poses a danger to our country that goes beyond the election.

During this election season, social media has been full of false information about political candidates. But you can help your kids find the truth online — here’s how.

Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has insisted — repeatedly — that it’s learned its lesson and is no longer a conduit for misinformation, voter suppression and election disruption

Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide.

Twitter is imposing tough new rules that restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and tighten its measures against spreading misinformation, calling for political violence and spreading thoughtless commentary in the days leading up to and following the Nov. 3 U.S. election.

With cases once again on the rise, health experts are warning Americans not to become lax in protecting themselves and others from the coronavirus.

Doctors and nurses treating those sick and dying from the coronavirus say the politics of the crisis are complicating treatment efforts.

President Donald Trump is receiving harsh criticism from both sides of the aisle for not taking the coronavirus seriously. Residents in Massachusetts have been speaking out about his recent tweets and videos since his own COVID-19 diagnosis.

Two of Facebook’s toughest critics on Capitol Hill have urged the social media platform to get serious about misinformation, voter suppression and hate speech ahead of the 2020 election.

Misinformation is everywhere online and becoming even more widespread as Election Day approaches. NBCLX’s Clark Fouraker explains how to spot misinformation as well as how to clean your social media feeds to avoid encountering fake news.

Facebook announced Tuesday that it is launching a science information center to provide users with facts and resources around the climate crisis, NBC News reports.

Police and local officials on the West Coast are battling multiple raging fires. They’re also fighting a wave of misinformation from false rumors spread in neighborhood Facebook groups and on far-right websites that antifa activists were setting the blazes.

Facebook will start labeling all U.S. posts about voting to send users authoritative information about the elections