Elon Musk has flooded X with false or misleading posts about immigrants voting illegally. His frequent warnings ignore safeguards to prevent fraudulent voting. bit.ly/4aRHqSq

There is no evidence that Covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest or other deadly heart problems in teens and young adults, a CDC report finds.

The new analysis debunks widespread misinformation about the mRNA vaccines. nbcnews.com/health/health-…

Thread: Want to think out loud about what I've seen and experienced since joining NPR a few years ago. I was hired during NPR's 'North Star' era when diversity was established as a priority. I'm an aging rural white man (58 years old). Never graduated college. Didn't see NYC...1/

❌ NO: Millions of people did not register to vote without a photo ID in TX, PA & AZ during the first 3 months of 2024. And noncitizens can't vote in U.S. federal elections even if they are authorized to work here & have gotten a Social Security number: bit.ly/VotingRegistra…

Here is a map of all the states where non-citizens are allowed to vote in federal elections.

That video of #Diddy & his 'list?' Yeah, it's years old & completely unrelated to recent accusations made against him. Don't let purveyors of #misinformation fool you with tricks of context.

🎞 Our TikTok: bit.ly/DiddyListNLP

AI's Impact-our last session of the NV DOE and The News Literacy Project webinar series is about to begin!
Thank you Hannah Covington for sharing your expertise!

#edWebinar 4/16 AI, the Digital Landscape, and Misinformation-Busting Superpowers for Students Brittney Smith Peter Adams @newslitproject home.edweb.net/webinar/newsli…

New guidance in our quotations in the news entry advises: In general, use the verb “said.“
The verb “announced “ is acceptable when referring to an announcement.
Generally avoid wording such as “claimed,“ “admitted,“ “conceded,“ etc., which can sound loaded or judgmental.

A TikTok viewed 9 million times is claiming to show a child going blind from yesterday's eclipse.

But the video comes from a YouTube skit posted after the 2017 eclipse.

The family clarified that the boy did not lose his vision and has made recent videos perpetuating the joke.

The image of a child in this Russian embassy post is from a 2015 music video.

'The Boston Times,' meanwhile, is a WordPress site with a logo featuring nonsense text typical of AI images. It claims it was founded in 1972, but domain registration data shows it was created in 2024.

#Educators : Whether or not your students are voting this fall, you can help ensure that they don’t fall for rumors, falsehoods, or AI-generated deceptions by empowering them with #NewsLiteracy skills.

🔗 Join us in 1 week for this FREE edWeb.net webinar: bit.ly/April16NLP

👀 Do you know what a 'pink slime' site is?
We explain in this week's edition of The Sift®! Also:
- Who fact-checks the fact-checkers?
- NYC's AI chatbot provides inaccurate info
- RumorGuard™ posts & much more!

🔗 Read: bit.ly/Sift8April2024

#EdChat
#TeacherTwitter

#edWebinar 4/16 AI, the Digital Landscape, and Misinformation-Busting Superpowers for Students Brittney Smith Peter Adams @newslitproject home.edweb.net/webinar/newsli…

This is one of the most wholesome moments I’ve seen in a long time. This young girl brought to tears after Kamilla_Cardoso signs her ‘Everyone watches women’s sports’ sweatshirt. She has a dawnstaley autograph on there too!!

Got choked up shooting this 🥹
@GamcockWBB

Sigh.
An account with half a million followers just tweeted that long debunked 'life in the 1500s' nonsense, 2.2 million people have seen it.
So here we go again...

These phrases are much more recent:
wordorigins.org/big-list-entri…

Marques Brownlee We asked our @NASAHQPhoto team, and the answer is yes, the phone sensor could be damaged just like any other image sensor if it’s pointed directly at the Sun. This is especially true if you’re using any sort of magnifying lens attachment on the phone. You would need to utilize…

Your regular reminder that earthquakes are not caused by HAARP, eclipses, the Elders of Zion, wokeness, trans people, scalar weapons, DEI, or aethism. Thank you!

AI, the Digital Landscape, and Misinformation-Busting Superpowers for Students 4/16 #edWebinar Brittney Smith Peter Adams @newslitproject home.edweb.net/webinar/newsli…

❌ NO: McDonald’s is not selling a satanic Happy Meal featuring a special “fiery” sandwich on black hamburger buns. And their Happy Meals do not include a toy figurine of Baphomet — a symbol often associated with Satanic or occult imagery.

bit.ly/McDonaldsFake