Truth or Fiction

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Your one-stop shop for all things debunking, counterdisinformation, fact-checking, and more. Accept no substitutes! TruthOrFiction.com
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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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@penpusher You said what we were trying to say better than we could have. We'll miss this site and our work and we just hope that this is the darkness before the dawn and every other hopeful cliche you can think of. ❤️
@doesthisneedaground Thank you! We love you!!

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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@paulschoe THANK YOU 🥰 We are so grateful! Wishing you the best as well.
@datn Thank you so much, that means so much!!
@TriciaScott Nope, it will stay up -- it just won't be updated for some time, if ever. But we're glad to be able to leave a database of narratives so that when they come up again -- and they will come up again -- there are debunkings up and live. I'm very sad to go, though.

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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