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Fighting disinformation: Can You Believe It?

Can You Believe It? is an initiative dedicated to uncovering how disinformation reaches consumers and providing tools to help our audience fight its spread. Are you seeing disinformation in your social media feeds? Share with us by emailing tell@mpr.org.

Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Here are 4 things to know

Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Here are 4 things to know

An NPR investigation found that since the Capitol riot, the election denial movement has moved from the national level to hundreds of grassroots events across the country. Here are four key takeaways.
by Allison Mollenkamp, Miles Parks and Nick McMillan

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Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state

Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state

Even as the Jan. 6 hearings play out, election misinformation keeps spreading. NPR tracked four leaders preaching false information about election fraud at hundreds of grassroots events nationwide.
by Miles Parks, Allison Mollenkamp and Nick McMillan

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
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Not real news: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
by The Associated Press

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How the false Russian biolab story came to circulate among the U.S. far right

How the false Russian biolab story came to circulate among the U.S. far right

The war over Ukraine's future is being fought on the ground, in the air — and through social media posts and viral videos that take advantage of America's deeply polarized politics.
by Bill Chappell and Odette Yousef

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This 16-year-old wanted to get the COVID vaccine. He had to hide it from his parents

This 16-year-old wanted to get the COVID vaccine. He had to hide it from his parents

At 16, Nicolas Montero is old enough to get vaccinated on his own in some parts of the country. But he had to try to get the jabs without his parents knowing, since they're opposed to the vaccine.
by Nina Feldman

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