OPINION: Have you tried not having one!?

"Despite performing better ... over 85% of all notes proposed that cite evidence from independent fact-checking orgs are still not visible bc of X’s misguided focus on 'consensus among diverse users' rather than 'factuality' when deciding which notes to show." files.maldita.es/maldita/uplo...

We are not far away from your spouse’s cancer trial stopping, your parent’s Alzheimer’s clinical trial evaporating, your teen’s mental health intervention disappearing. It’s easy to attack universities, but the recent actions from the White House will stop cutting edge medical research very quickly.

[email protected], with @gravesmatter.bsky.social and @factchecknet.bsky.social, on the impact on local news of Facebook dumping its independent fact-checkers. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...

Carry on...

How will the EU respond to #Meta ’s / #Zuckerberg 's recent announcements what does it mean for factcheckers worldwide, esp outside the US? According to @gravesmatter.bsky.social, this "depends on how quickly and widely Meta rolls it out beyond the United States." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Minimal posting these days but I'm psyched to share this special issue of @CogitatioMaC, "Fact-Checkers Around the World: Regional, Comparative, and Institutional Perspectives", totally open access, edited by Laurens Lauer, Regina Cazzamatta and me: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

Convocados por la Academia Europæa, Lucas Graves (@gravesmatter.bsky.social ; Univ. Wisconsin) y yo, los dos 'disputantes' de este año, debatimos durante hora y media sobre los orígenes, formas y desafíos de la desinformación. Para quien lo desee, aquí está el vídeo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lni...