Meta on Tuesday announced it will eliminate its third-party fact checking program to “restore free expression” and move to a “Community Notes” model, similar to the system that exists on Elon Musk’s platform X. The company said Community Notes will be written and rated by contributing users to provide more context to posts across its […]
In a year when the Amy Winehouse movie Back to Black showed just how wretched musical biopics can sometimes be, most critics and ticket-buyers seem pleased with James Mangold’s look at Bob Dylan’s early years in A Complete Unknown. The project is nothing but a big swing, daring to take on one of the biggest […]
“You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand,” Bob Dylan sang on “Ballad of a Thin Man” in 1965, pitying and condemning journalists who know when something is happening, but “don’t know what it is.” As such, A Complete Unknown director James Mangold may be ready to scoff at everything beneath this […]
Filippo Menczer, right, is the senior author on the study. Credit: Indiana University Although many tech companies and start-ups have touted the potential of automated fact-checking services powered by artificial intelligence to stem the rising tide of online misinformation, a new study led by researchers at Indiana University has found that AI-fact checking can, in […]
President Biden on Sunday issued a “full and unconditional” pardon to his son Hunter, who was convicted by a jury of illegally purchasing a handgun in Delaware and pleaded guilty to tax charges in Los Angeles. Biden and his staff had repeatedly and publicly stated he would not pardon Hunter. But with less than two […]
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg took to X on Monday to fact-check misleading claims about the state of a Biden administration initiative to build more electric vehicle charges. Earlier that day, Michael Rulli claimed that the federal government had spent $7.5bn to build eight electric vehicle charging stations, in what he called “evidence of squandering […]
Adam Glanzman/Getty Images Amid a chaotic week in what has been a tumultuous season for the New York Jets, there seems to be a feeling from at least some people in the organization about Aaron Rodgers’ ability at this point his career. On the latest episode of the Scoop City podcast (starts at 2:45 mark), […]
The moves are the latest example of Trump’s long-held resistance to being called to account for his falsehoods.
Voters fill out their ballots on the second day of early voting in the 2024 presidential election at the Board of Elections Loop Super Site in Chicago, Illinois, on Oct. 4, 2024. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images This presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump and other […]
