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Byline: BY KATHERINE ALEJANDRA CROSS PHOTOGRAPH BY SHAWN MICHAEL JONES NO, I CAN'T LET YOU HAVE THIS The easy gratification of little viral lies is costing us more than it's [...]

IN 1995, the Duke University economist Timur Kuran published Private Truths, Public Lies, a study of what he called 'preference falsification'--a direct challenge to the neoclassical economic view that human [...]

According to major media, mass shooters in America end up being unhinged right-wingers. But that's just another lie backing up President Trump's claim that much of media specializes in fake [...]

In our post-truth world, we're bombarded with claims of 'fake news,' 'hoax news,' and 'alternative facts.' Degrees of truth and subtle differences in reporting need to be addressed through education, [...]

Searches for 'Flat Earth' have tripled over the past two years. Type 'Is Earth ...' into Google's search bar, and here's the first suggestion given by the website's autocomplete function: [...]

Information professionals face challenges that seem to have caught us completely unawares. The impact of the fast-moving political and technological changes on libraries and other democratic (small 'd') institutions such [...]

Technology greatly influences our modern-day lives. From our front row seats we can observe technological growth around the world and benefit from that growth every day. One of the most [...]

In the cognitive computing and Big Data paradigms, search and discovery engine algorithms are often perceived as insightful, objective, and neutral. They help us overcome our own human cognitive bias [...]

IN 2016 many in the mainstream media portentously declared we had entered the age of 'post-truth politics' (Drezner 2016) and now live in a 'post-factual democracy' (Barret 2016). With monetized [...]

Last May, many pet lovers were outraged by a news article they read online. It said that three states had passed laws limiting households to two pets each. Anyone with [...]

In 2017, a new phrase--alternative facts--abruptly entered the nation's political vocabulary. It was a clever way to validate lies (which we meekly continue to refer to as 'untruths,' 'fake news,' [...]

Byline: BLAKE KATHRYN DON'T TRUST, VERIFY FINDING THE FACTS IN A WORLD OF FAKES. psdBLAKE KATHRYN18 In the summer of 2006, Fidel Castro unexpectedly announced that he was temporarily handing [...]

Our nation has always depended on public intellectuals to guide us. How come we no longer see the light? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN THE WAKE OF the Brexit vote and the [...]

The phrase 'fake news' has officially entered the national dialogue. Despite its current high profile, however, the principles behind the lack of skills in evaluating the information we consume has [...]

WHY IT'S HAPPENING Anyone can do it* Tech tools that were once used only by professionals are now widely available and much more sophisticated. It's hard to spot a fake* [...]

Byline: Carlos Melendez Deloitte Global predicts that medium and large enterprises will increase their use of machine learning in 2018, doubling the number of implementations and pilot projects underway in [...]

The methods of criminal investigation adopted by law enforcement agencies in the United States of America are described. The methods used by criminals to avoid identification, arrest and prosecution are discussed.

The case of Johnny Depp vs the Sun, heard over recent weeks at the High Court in London, certainly gives fresh life to the old warnings about dirty linen and [...]

As any good industry observer will tell you, the best way to predict the future is to watch the players known for pushing the envelope. When it conies to online [...]

On Halloween weekend 2015, scary news reports and warnings on social media claimed that dangerous candy had been found, raising fears among parents and children. A week after Halloween--after the [...]

DONALD TRUMP SAW THOUSANDS of Muslims dancing with joy in New Jersey on September 11, 2001. Carly Fiorina watched a video of Planned Parenthood staffers plotting to cut up a [...]

n Guru was shocked to come across research revealing that almost half of employees have admitted lying in job interviews. And apparently, men are twice as likely to conceal the [...]