Fake news

'Stretching' facts in a post-truth era harms politicians' credibility - study

With increasing scrutiny on global government policies in a “post-truth” era, policymakers are being forced to justify their actions and validate reasons for their decisions.

Jacob Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, holding a sign referencing QAnon, speaks

People who use personal feelings to determine truth more likely to believe conspiracies - study

Results revealed that individuals who hold relativistic conceptions of truth are indeed more likely to believe in conspiracy theories.

Meta identifies Iran and Turkey's network of ‘adversarial threat’

The company ‘removed 22 Facebook accounts, 21 Pages and seven Instagram accounts for violating our policy against coordinated inauthentic behavior’

Don't criticize Ben-Gvir for false racism. Call out his actual racism - editorial

Itamar Ben-Gvir made shameful and abhorrent remarks about an Israeli Arab journalist. Why is that being ignored instead of something Ben-Gvir never even said?

‘The Great Dismissal’: How Israel, the US got to be in a post-truth era - review

How is it that “populism” has become so rampant in so many countries these days with leaders destroying democracies and yet claiming, falsely, that they are ensuring democracy in their countries?

By RABBI RON KRONISH
25/08/2023

German man accused of posing as a Jew and peddling fake, antisemitism-laced Holocaust story

Central Council of Jews in Germany: "The damage done by such charlatans to such an important project is great."

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
08/08/2023

'Adam and Eve' theory: Catastrophe as Earth's magnetic poles reverse?

The "Adam and Eve" theory is gaining momentum on TikTok, according to which every 6,500 years a disaster on the scale of the biblical "flood" strikes the Earth. Is it true?

By WALLA!
03/07/2023

‘Chronically online’ Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news - study

The first survey to use the new 20-point test called ‘MIST’ has found that adult US citizens correctly classified two-thirds of headlines they were shown as either real or fake.

Jerusalem Design Week 2023 focuses on facts

This year’s Jerusalem Design Week checks out the facts on the ground.

16/06/2023

Israeli minister's NYC parade photo: A symptom of what we must combat - opinion

A word to Amichai Chikli: The photo may indeed be fake news, but it is essential to move forward and focus on the real challenges we face as the Jewish people.

13/06/2023
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