While fully made-up news and information intended to mislead is the primary topic of this report, other potentially inaccurate or misleading types of information also seep into our information streams. These include such things as factually accurate but one-sided news stories, breaking news that may not be verified before publication, and even satire about events […]
Most U.S. adults know what the Holocaust was and approximately when it happened, but fewer than half can correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who were murdered or the way Adolf Hitler came to power, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
The comments in the following section are a sharp contrast to the utopian visions of equity and advancement described above. Whereas some see the future of the internet as a great equalizer, others warn that technology can just as easily be used for control and exploitation. Inequality on the rise: The growing divide between haves […]