misinformation

A dietary regimen propagated by a doctor in Egypt has spread like wildfire across the Arab world, but blind adherence has proved deadly for some patients. Al Majalla explains.

A new update lets users see where an account is based, when it was created, and how often it has changed. Suddenly, highly political 'locals' are being exposed as frauds.

The spread of online rumours is thought to cost tens of billions of dollars a year, with some countries more susceptible than others

For years, social-media platforms had held firm: Just because a post was false didn’t mean it was their place to do anything about it. But 2020 changed their minds. At the end of May, Twitter…