Topic: misinformation
JD Vance repeated at least eight claims after they were publicly debunked
We traced claim, debunk and repeat for JD Vance’s statements since 2024. Eight fit, none was corrected, and his fact-check scorecard can’t carry the rest of the case.
Were Mamdani’s X Bots Traced to NYC City Hall?
Bot-like accounts boosting Mayor Mamdani exist — but the “traced to City Hall” claim rests on IP geolocation that routinely misidentifies NYC VPN traffic as City Hall Park.
Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism: What 40 Years of Research Shows, and What RFK Jr. Changed at the CDC
More than 40 large-scale studies covering 5.6 million children found no vaccine-autism link. The claim’s only scientific source was fabricated for money and retracted in 2010. Under RFK Jr., the CDC…
GamerGate: The Full Story — Facts, Misinformation, and the Culture War That Changed the Internet
GamerGate began as a debunked accusation about a game developer, morphed into a self-described ethics movement, but data shows it primarily targeted women with coordinated harassment — and became…
The Confirmation Trap: How Cognitive Bias Corrodes American Politics
Confirmation bias makes people seek evidence that flatters what they already believe. In politics it hardens belief into identity, and AI content now exploits that reflex at industrial scale.