The idea with Birdwatch is to add a layer of fact-checking and context to tweets that don't necessarily violate Twitter's rules.

Tech Services & Software Facebook is testing a way to speed up fact-checking on the social network The company will hire community reviewers as contractors to help fact checkers.

Today it launches the new Reuters Fact Check business unit and blog, announcing that it will become one of the third-party partners tasked with debunking lies spread on the social network.

Forget closed captioning; how about an automated fact-checker on your TV? That's something researchers from Duke University are hoping to introduce in time for 2020's election year. Here's how it ...

A rumor circulated online in mid 2025 that the U.S. Army swore in some tech executives as lieutenant colonels. The claim spread on Facebook, X and Reddit. Many posts alleged that the Army swore in ...

In a June 13, 2025, news release, the Army announced the swearing-in of four tech executives as lieutenant colonels, a rank that typically takes nearly two decades to achieve. The executives will ...

Did these guys coordinate? Over the course of one week, we saw notable announcements from four major tech platforms. Each seemed like a positive if small step forward — and each also raised ...