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.

5 takeaways from Big Tech's misinformation hearing
The leaders of Facebook, Twitter and Google were not eager to admit fault when it comes to bad information on their platforms, but it's clear Congress is getting closer to regulation.
Debunking the ‘big lie’ about the 2020 presidential election
On Thursday, host Kerri Miller talked with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and an election law expert about the false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs testify before Congress: 4 things to know
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey of Twitter will testify about the steps they have taken to deal with misinformation about the election, COVID-19 and vaccines.
Across the internet, a game of Whac-A-Mole is underway to root out extremism
How are alternative platforms, where extremist ideology and disinformation thrive, monitored? Can we ever really root out extremism in the virtual space or will the targets just keep jumping around?
Slick Tom Cruise deepfakes signal that near flawless forgeries may be here
When they're not lighthearted movie star cameos, the digital doppelgängers have scary disinformation potential. A deepfakes researcher hopes our wariness keeps up with the tech's quickening advances.
Trump is no longer tweeting, but online disinformation isn't going away
While removing former President Donald Trump from social media has led to a significant decrease in election-related disinformation, online falsehoods about the election and vaccines continue to flourish.
'Exit counselors' strain to pull Americans out of a web of false conspiracies
With disinformation spreading on an unprecedented scale, experts in cult deprogramming are turning their focus to those who have fallen down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories.