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Fighting disinformation: Can You Believe It?

Can You Believe It? is an initiative dedicated to uncovering how disinformation reaches consumers and providing tools to help our audience fight its spread. Are you seeing disinformation in your social media feeds? Share with us by emailing tell@mpr.org.

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Brian Bakst
Brian Bakst
Catharine Richert
Catharine Richert
Mike Mulcahy
Mike Mulcahy
Michael Olson
Michael Olson
A gunman's appearance at a Washington, D.C., pizzeria that was falsely reported to house a pedophilia ring has elevated worries over the unrelenting rise of fake news on the Internet.

What legal recourse do victims of fake news stories have?

December 7, 2016 7:04 PM
Fake news played a bigger role in this past presidential election than ever seen before. And sometimes it has had serious repercussions for real people and businesses.
Fake news has been in the news recently, as it was especially prevalent throughout the presidential election and because of the impact it might have had on voters.

Fake or real? How to self-check the news and get the facts

December 5, 2016 1:12 PM
By Wynne Davis
Your friend shares a story on Facebook. You read the headline and you think it's too good to be true, but it looks like it's from a news site. Experts offer tips to help you sniff out fact from fake.
"The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could kind of infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt-right."

We tracked down a fake-news creator in the suburbs. Here's what we learned

November 23, 2016 5:58 PM
By Laura Sydell
"The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could kind of infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt-right," says Jestin Coler, whose company, Disinfomedia, is behind some fake news sites.
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