What is The Integrity Project? Here’s a little more about who we are and what we do… 👉 We are: • Apolitical • Truth-seeking • Honest • Unbiased • Informational We post stories about misinformation and disinformation, advocate for media literacy, and support education efforts related to misinformation in our rapidly changing social media landscape. Follow along and check out our website for more resources. Link in bio. 👉 tipaz.org #misinformation #disinformation #integritymatters #theintegrityproject #whoweare

Are #misinformation groups preying on 'news deserts'? It appears so, an investigation by the @guardian shows. The London-based news group says more than 4.4 million people live in areas where the absence of dedicated reporting leaves residents relying on community groups and platforms for local information. Those groups can become a 'killer of trust' by circulating rumors, false claims, and misleading posts that tap into fear, outrage, or existing prejudice. And platforms are doing very little to moderate or fact-check. Recent examples include false claims that a criminal suspect was a 'Muslim immigrant' or an asylum seeker, even though police said he had been born locally. Another claimed PM Keir Starmer was considering detention camps on the Falkland Islands, which was not confirmed or accurate. The pattern follows the vacuum left by broken local media ecosystems since there are fewer trusted sources to check and correct mis- and disinformation. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/uk-new… The Integrity Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Support our work by giving a tax-deductible donation at tipaz.org/donate. We appreciate donations of any amount. Thank you!

The Project's Alex Phillips-Breese explores three recent stories related to #misinformation and #disinformation, including social provocateur @nickshirleyy's baseless claims of hidden election wrongdoing designed to stir emotions, and our lack of a national #AI policy or regulatory framework. She also cites a @pewresearch study that shows that the majority of online medical #influencers call themselves 'coaches' or are considered entrepreneurs. This suggests that consumers should treat influencer content as anecdotal, not necessarily medical guidance. Check it out 👇 The Integrity Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Support our work by giving a tax-deductible donation at tipaz.org/donate. We appreciate donations of any amount. Thank you!

Do kids and AI mix? At this point, the verdict is still out. Teens and tweens ages 9-17 already use #AI on a regular basis, with about a quarter using it daily for schoolwork, health and relationship information – a percentage that rises with age, @CommonSense Media’s 2026 report shows. However, the report flags warning signs around dependence, overtrust, and emotional use, with many kids unsure AI can separate fact from fiction and some using it for advice or personal support. Common Sense Media says only about a third of tweens and teens know AI can’t reliably tell fact from fiction, and only about half have been taught by a school or teacher how to judge AI-generated information. The report encourages families, schools and policymakers to develop robust AI safeguards and literacy programs. 👉 tipaz.org/white-papers/ai-us… The Integrity Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Support our work by giving a tax-deductible donation at tipaz.org/donate. We appreciate donations of any amount. Thank you! #misinformation #disinformation #medialiteracy #socialmedia @KSoltisAnderson @WBaxterWhite @JacquelineNesi @VenomousBlonde

Why are AI chatbots so vulnerable to pro-Russian disinformation? While AI-powered news may appear unbiased, these chatbots are only as trustworthy as the sources they draw from – and are subject to special interests and algorithms that favor engagement over accuracy. @NewsGuardRating, an organization focused on information reliability, investigated #misinformation spread by #Pravda, a network of approximately 360 pro-Russian news sites. In testing conducted in January 2026, major chatbots repeated false narratives pushed by @pravda_eng -affiliated sites as verified facts 50 percent of the time, marking an uptick from 33 percent in March 2025. This output results from the massive scale of the Pravda network. Due to the probabilistic algorithms of AI-driven chatbots, many prioritize the most repeated information over the most reliable. So, as more consumers begin to rely on AI for news, the spread of biased and false information becomes a game of volume rather than perceived validity. If you rely on AI-powered chatbots for potentially divisive subjects, cross-check them against primary sources and established outlets, especially regarding claims involving Ukraine, Russia, politics, or other active #disinformation targets. With @MarcFaddoul 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/russia… The Integrity Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Support our work by giving a tax-deductible donation at tipaz.org/donate. We appreciate donations of any amount. Thank you!

I’ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism. But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. It’s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. I’ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnn’s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to “smile”, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say “No more.” Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldn’t! And neither should any of us. It’s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.

Are you an unsuspecting scroller? Social media #algorithms and partisan news sites provide a steady diet of stories that confirm our interests and biases, so it can feel jarring when a news story seems out of place, social scientists from Purdue University discovered. Which is a good thing, they say. When a mental mismatch between a story and news outlet occurs, our scrolling autopilot breaks and triggers more careful evaluation – along with our ability to spot #misinformation. The researchers, who published their findings in @tandfMediaArts and @PsyPost, continue to evaluate these processes and suggest a practical defense against misinformation: Slow down and question why a headline feels perfectly aligned or oddly surprising. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/psypos… The Integrity Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Support our work by giving a tax-deductible donation at tipaz.org/donate. We appreciate donations of any amount. Thank you!

Are we more vulnerable to #misinformation using unverified chat bots? Yes, says @nytimes Publisher A.G. Sulzberger, who delivered a prepared speech at the WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers World News Media Congress Monday, warning that the rise of #AI chatbots is not just a financial threat to news organizations, but to the public’s ability to find and trust accurate information. While tech companies have served as a helpful vehicle for media and news organizations to gain traffic via search engines and social platforms over the last couple of decades, these companies are beginning to take over the #journalism itself through A.I. chatbots. By mining the public record for information and serving it directly to users – often without context, verification or attribution – A.I. reporting is made more convenient than accessing the original source. As tech companies continue to overshadow the work of human journalists, it becomes increasingly difficult for news organizations to fund original reporting. This trending reliance on A.I. for news not only threatens the reach and revenue of traditional news organizations, but amplifies the spread of misinformation, conspiracy theories and mistrust among the public. 'The effect isn’t just that people believe untrue things,' Sulzberger says. 'It is that they no longer believe true things.' 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/wan-if… The Integrity Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Support our work by giving a tax-deductible donation at lnkd.in/gkDeCPcE. We appreciate donations of any amount. Thank you!

Where should we look when news quickly evolves? The conflict involving Iran, Israel, and Lebanon unfolds so rapidly that even major news outlets have a hard time keeping up. But they can help audiences distinguish confirmed developments from rumors and #misinformation – and correct themselves when they get it wrong. The attached @nytimes ive briefing from illustrates how updates shift throughout the day as reports of diplomatic statements and military escalations are published in real time. This coverage reflects a landscape where violence and political messaging occur simultaneously. For many younger audiences, particularly #GenZ, who often consume breaking news on social media, this fast-paced reporting can make it difficult to distinguish verified updates from out-of-context information. Consequently, understanding the conflict depends not only on access to information but also on the speed at which misinformation spreads alongside legitimate reporting. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/iran-i… The Integrity Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Support our work by giving a tax-deductible donation at tipaz.org/donate. We appreciate donations of any amount. Thank you!

A new crop of Broadway plays flips the script on the maxim 'life imitates art.' @nytimes culture correspondant Jesse Green examines how modern playwrights are responding to social media hot takes and #AI-fueled #misinformation by offering audiences 'facts and quasi-facts in the form of dialogue' to help people extract truth themselves. Plays like plays like #Giant, #Liberation, N/A and Kramer/Fauci, which transforms a 1993 @cspan debate between #AIDS activist Larry Kramer and Dr. Anthony Fauci into theater uses real dialogue from news sources while crafting fictional theatrical elements around it. The article suggests this approach helps audiences navigate an era of #misinformation and information overload by presenting verified reality through the emotional power of live theater. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/broadw… The Integrity Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Support our work by giving a tax-deductible donation at tipaz.org/donate. We appreciate donations of any amount. Thank you!

Are you under the spell of 'influencers'? @deborahturness, the former head of @BBCNews, says 'creator journalism' gains attention by leaning heavily on emotion, outrage, and identity rather than careful vetted reporting, which can make #misinformation feel more persuasive, explosive and sharable. She points to continued consumer habits where trust in news has migrated toward personalities found on @YouTube and @tiktok_us and away from legacy news outlets. But rather than diminish standards, Turness encourages traditional outlets to respond by strengthening their own direct relationship with audiences. 'It matters because this new media diet is... driven by commentary and conversation,' she says. 'And because established media has not yet broken into this new world at scale, it isn’t yet the home of frontline reporting by courageous journalists.' Interesting commentary worth considering as we continue down an increasingly complicated path where the information ecosystem has many more complex options for news consumption. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/creato… The Integrity Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Support our work by giving a tax-deductible donation at tipaz.org/donate Donations of any amount are appreciated. Thank you! With @NiemanLab @laurahazardowen @itn @BBCPanorama @BBC

Is the #Ebola virus spreading? False rumors on #Facebook, #WhatsApp and local networks regarding the Ebola outbreak in the in eastern Democratic Republic of #Congo reinforces fear of outsiders in medical gear, slows containment efforts and creates distrust that has contributed to attacks on treatment centers and suspensions of operations, @NPR reports. #Misinformation is making people distrust the outbreak response, and even the disease itself, which has been characterized as a hoax or government plot, which pushes some away from treatment centers and makes contact tracing harder. The outbreak may have already spread for weeks before being declared, officials say, with more than 1,000 suspected cases and about 250 deaths to date. In a region already wracked by armed fighting and civil war, misinformation adds to the 'catastrophic collision' of disease and conflict, says World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/npr-eb… With @L4ingstone @WHO @MSF_southafrica @MSF @MSF_USA @USAID @StateDept

For better or worse, social media health #influencers have become powerful conduits of public opinion, attitudes, habits, and even medical decisions. Their biggest impact is not simply that they share health tips, but that they compete with certified professionals by packaging advice in emotionally persuasive, highly relatable ways that often feel more immediate than clinical expertise. Their motives and potential impacts cause us to pause, however. 👉 tipaz.org/the-integrity-proj… #misinformation #disinformation @tiktok_us @YouTube @facebook @Meta @instagram @X

A combination of facts and feelings drive #GenZ's online experience, along with algorithmic feeds that shape reality through identity, emotion, and social approval rather than shared evidence, fundamentally changes how that cohort interprets information, researcher Steven Rosenbaum explains in an excerpt from his new book The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality. He suggests that GenZ seeks information online and through short videos or TikToks, while #Millennials or #GenX-ers may choose more traditional news outlets, which creates implications for common realities and discourse. The excerpt published in @WIRED is part of a larger discussion regarding information perceptions, mis- and disinformation, advancing AI and content delivery systems and divergent knowledge. He says that platform-driven content personalization weakens common knowledge and that course correction and recalibration will be difficult to achieve. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/wired-… With @magnifymedia @MattHoltBooks @mariaressa @profgalloway @xiyebastida @EmmaLembke @simonschuster @SimonBooks

Nick Shirley @nickshirleyy isn’t stupid. He knows he’s making a misleading claim. Is the attention he seeks coming at your expense? The online provocateur’s baseless claims of hidden election wrongdoing may create a sense of threat, urgency, and fear, but his investigations appear to be more about driving attention and agitation than proving a crime, according to @NewsGuardRating analysis. Shirley's sensational narrative can energize supporters and frustrate critics with or without corroboration. The incitement is the message, which social media algorithms like, share, and amplify. Besides asking us to waste our time and energy on his intentionally distributed #misinformation, he’s stirring the pot that divides friends and neighbors for his own benefit. To reduce harm from influencers like this spreading misleading claims, a mix of platform pressure, legal and regulatory action, fact-checking, public education, and advertiser pressure may be useful. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/newsgu…

New research at The University of New Mexico warns that #misinformation via weak peer review, overstated claims on social media, and other uncorroborated sensational narratives has become a threat to planetary defense when tracking asteroids and comets. Declining public trust in traditional information resources, #AI-generated content 'slop,' inconsistent governmental leadership and slowed emergency decision-making contribute to a decline which has implications should a Near-Earth Object threaten the planet, lead author Prof. Mark Boslough says. AI-driven platforms worsen asteroid misinformation by making false claims cheaper, faster, and more convincing to produce and spread. Platform #algorithms amplify sensational asteroid stories, while generative AI can mass-create fake articles, images, or videos that look credible at first glance. Boslough urges scientists to communicate proactively to improve science literacy for both the public and governmental leaders as NEOs do frequently appear. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/influe…

The U.S. faces a chaotic #AI regulatory patchwork with over 1,200 state bills introduced in 2025 and no unified federal framework, researchers @JeffSonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques of @YaleSOM and @GaryMarcus of @CSMAP_NYU write in a recent issue of @FortuneMagazine. The current political and digital information environment and competing legal guidance exposes the dynamic, adaptive technologies to the internet of things – including #misinformation and #disinformation – and hampers efforts by companies and developers to innovate and stay ahead of international competitors and adversaries. The researchers provide a framework that first issues interpretive guidance, then suggests narrow legislation for election disinformation and 'sandbox' situations for high-risk challenges like national security. They detail a three-stage test for each piece of legislation that evaluates national security, harm reduction, product innovation and free competition – and instills confidence and continuity rather than chaos and uncertainty. 👉 tipaz.org/latest-news/ai-reg…