Truth or Fiction

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We're officially, reluctantly closing up shop. We're so grateful to all of you. Thank you for everything!

https://www.truthorfiction.com/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-facts/

So Long, and Thanks for All the Facts – Truth or Fiction?

We at Truth or Fiction are very grateful for all of you.

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While things may seem hopeless, don't forget that despair is a disinformation tactic as well, designed to sap your resilience and render you unable to bounce back. But you can fight it:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/how-to-fight-disinformation-part-v-resilience-targeting/

How to Fight Disinformation — Part V: Resilience Targeting

The potential for hybrid threats lurk in every disaster and narrative in a world being reshaped by a changing climate, but their malign influence can be stopped or slowed with some effort from the public at large.

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From the archives | This nonsense is finding new life as Americans approach an election cycle that promises to be no less exhausting or lie-filled than the last several:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/illegal-aliens/

List of ‘Facts and Figures’ About Undocumented Immigrants? – Truth...

A chain email turned into a meme claims to be a list of "facts" about unauthorized immigration to the United States, but it fails badly on the "facts" front.

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From the archives | Sometimes, disinformation and weaponized narratives can be dismantled using humor and satire:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/totebag-terrify-arabic/

Did the Text on this Tote Bag Say It Was There to ‘Terrify Those...

A satirical message created by two Palestinian graphic designers has been making the rounds for several years.

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Tomorrow we're going dark. We're enormously grateful to all our readers for everything. But we're not done yet! Here's our series on how to spot common disinformation tactics, no matter what the actual narrative might be, and more importantly, how to fight those tactics:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/how-to-fight-disinformation-introduction-and-overview/

How to Fight Disinformation: Introduction and Overview

Your personal data is out there for the foreseeable future, so you have to fight against its myriad uses in other ways.

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Looking back on Heritage's steaming pile of a blog post making all sorts of confident assertions about #abortion that turned out to be either disinformation or just dead wrong:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/myth-vs-fact-scotus-dobbs-decision-and-americas-attitude-on-abortion-heritage-blog-post/

‘Myth vs. Fact: SCOTUS Dobbs Decision and America’s Attitude on...

Heritage Action for America is circulating a "myth v. fact" blog posting containing heavy anti-abortion disinformation.

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As #COVID19 -- and discourse about it -- is back on the upswing, we hope public officials are committed to never repeating deadly past mistakes:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/paper-sweden-and-the-herd-immunity-response-to-covid-19/

‘The Snow in Wizard of Oz Was Pure Asbestos’ – Truth or Fiction?

A popular meme claimed the Wizard of Oz snow was made of "pure asbestos."

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From the archives, updated | The #disinformation campaigns around #Israel and #Hamas are reaching a fever pitch, so be careful what you believe -- especially since there's a lot of new and recycled lies floating around online:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/netanyahu-hamas/

Netanyahu Statement to Hamas-Fiction! – Truth or Fiction?

This is a forwarded email that contains a statement allegedly made to Hamas by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He thanked Hamas for unifying Israel.

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Looking back to 2009 and a certain report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/dhs-rightwing-report/

Did DHS Warn Law Enforcement of a Rise in Extremist Activity? –...

The findings of a 2009 report mocked by right-wing media have since been proven to be entirely correct.

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