1. Misinformation efforts don’t need to be sophisticated to be successful. In Kentucky, an account with just 19 followers sent out a tweet on election night that claimed to have “shredded a box of Republican ballots.” The tweet, sent as a joke by a college student,...

In Thursday’s presidential debate, President Trump made several misleading claims about the business dealings of the family of his opponent, Joseph R. Biden Jr.Mr. Trump suggested, without evidence, that Mr. Biden had consulted for his son Hunter Biden to help with...

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.The U.S. government sued Google on Tuesday claiming that the company is an illegal monopoly. My colleagues called it “the government’s most significant legal challenge to a...

On Friday, President Trump tweeted a story from an unusual source: The Babylon Bee, a right-wing satire site that is often described as a conservative version of The Onion.“Twitter Shuts Down Entire Network to Slow Spread of Negative Biden News,” read the story’s...

The iPhone 12, the successor to last year’s iPhone 11, has arrived with an improved screen and faster chip, among other improvements.Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, took the wraps off the new device on Tuesday and emphasized that it has the capability to run on 5G...

Here at Daily Distortions, we try to debunk false and misleading information that has gone viral. We also want to give you a sense of how popular that misinformation is, in the overall context of what is being discussed on social media. Each Friday, we will feature a...

According to government data, 24,000 to 62,000 flu-related deaths happen in the U.S. each year. Even the president has acknowledged as much.In February, he said at a news conference: “The flu, in our country, kills from 25,000 people to 69,000 people a year. That was...

Confused between windows and doors installation companies? We get it, for homeowners and property managers trying to tell two companies apart can seem daunting. After all, everyone claims to offer great quality products and satisfaction with the finished project. Most...

When the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close this spring, the auto industry was hit particularly hard. North American auto plants that typically churn out more than a million cars a month produced fewer than 5,000 in April.While airlines and other...