Prediction markets have emerged as an unlikely engine of viral misinformation, pumping out false, misleading and context-free claims to millions of people on social media. Why it matters: Once a niche ...

In two major surveys of US teens conducted over the last two years, the nonprofit News Literacy Project found deep levels of mistrust and misunderstanding of the news: The root of this distrust is the ...

A new study in Greece has revealed that health-related fake news is linked to harmful lifestyle choices and increased vaccine hesitancy.