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Disinformation

Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci responds to accusations by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on July 20, 2021. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images)

Why science needs marketing

By Melissa Harris | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Opinion, Science Denial

Parthenon undergoing renovations

Introduction: Securing elections, democracy, and the information ecosystem in a critical political year

By John Mecklin, Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13 in Butler, Penn. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

An attempted assassination and the conspiratorial disinformation that followed

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Retro illustration of a woman with technology contraption on her eyes

The disruptive technologies year in review

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies

Narrative warfare: How disinformation shapes the Israeli-Hamas conflict—and millions of minds

By Yusuf Can | Disruptive Technologies

Illustration of robot holding ripped picture of a person's face

Spotting AI-generated content is too hard. Look for credible sources instead.

By Nate Sharadin | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Building information resilience to reinforce arms control

By Kate Zander, Mayra Ameneiros, Ance Baura, Tomáš A. Nagy | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Kids and families: the latest targets of climate denialism propaganda

By Keerti Gopal | Climate Change

Cellphone held in Black woman's hands

How citizen groups are fighting internet disinformation and racial discord

By Angela R. Pashayan | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

A segregated drinking fountain.

Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ about Black people jeopardizes democracy for all

By Angela R. Pashayan | Disruptive Technologies

Public health lab in Georgia.

Russian nuclear and biological disinformation undermines treaties on weapons of mass destruction

By Milton Leitenberg | Biosecurity, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

A research lab in Kyiv.

US official: Russian invasion of Ukraine risks release of dangerous pathogens

By Matt Field | Biosecurity