The people on 4chan who created the images of Ms. Swift thought of it as a sort of game, the researchers said.

The Israel-Hamas conflict has produced a prodigious amount of disinformation, putting people who fact-check claims — especially those who live in the region — back…

The calls, in a voice most likely artificially generated, urged people not to vote in Tuesday’s primary.

El supuesto patrocinio de Swift a los productos de la empresa, que ha aparecido en anuncios publicados en Facebook y otros medios, es falso.

A wave of elections coincides with state influence operations, a surge of extremism, A.I. advances and a pullback in social media protections.

The singer did not promote a giveaway of the popular cookware, but an artificially generated version of her voice suggested otherwise.

Content from at least 30 channels in the network drew nearly 120 million views and 730,000 subscribers since last year.

Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods.

Ahead of a presidential election in January, Taiwanese fact checkers and watchdogs say they are ready for Beijing. But they are still worried.

People who study social media say the conflict between Israel and Hamas has underscored the need for better data transparency from platforms.