Sen. Amy Klobuchar wants to put HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the former California attorney general with a reputation for being a partisan hack, in charge of "health disinformation" online.
Political polarization drives social media use, rather than the other way around.
Amazon's customers are apparently unable to judge the veracity of COVID-related information for themselves.
Denizens of the popular online forum protested the spread of COVID misinformation, but the company rightly wouldn't cave to their demands. It still cracked down on 55 subreddits in the end.
The Pew Research Center found that support for censorship is increasing.
Plus: Dominion defamation suit against Trump lawyers can proceed, prices rose 0.5 percent in June, and more...
Live-and-let-live political types are stuck between cultists and totalitarians.
How a debate about COVID-19's origins exposed a dangerous hubris
Government will happily suppress misinformation in favor of misinformation of its own.
While fentanyl is a dangerous drug, it is very difficult to overdose on it through accidental exposure.
DIY manufacturers scramble to reduce shortages, as public health officials send mixed messages about the efficacy of broader use.
Will coronavirus help rehabilitate tech's rep?
By default we veer on the side of being resistant to new ideas.
"There's no question public health would benefit dramatically if everybody switched completely to e-cigarettes."
The video Abbott shared was not of a homeless person—it was a mentally ill person having a serious episode. Whoops.
It may be time to hire a libel service.
A new book offers a potent antidote to toxic misinformation.
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