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Fighting disinformation: Can You Believe It?

Can You Believe It? is an initiative dedicated to uncovering how disinformation reaches consumers and providing tools to help our audience fight its spread. Are you seeing disinformation in your social media feeds? Share with us by emailing tell@mpr.org.

2022 will be a tense year for Facebook and social apps. Here are 4 reasons why

2022 will be a tense year for Facebook and social apps. Here are 4 reasons why

Social media companies will feel pressure from Washington, European regulators and even their own users over kids' safety and privacy, competition and election-related misinformation.
by Shannon Bond

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The first Minnesotan with a reported case of the omicron variant

It’s been a surprising couple of weeks for Peter McGinn of Minneapolis. McGinn became the first Minnesotan to contract the new omicron strain of COVID-19 after he was at a convention in New York City.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame

Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame

An analysis by NPR shows that since the vaccine rollout, counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump have had more than twice the COVID mortality rates of those that voted for Joe Biden.
by Daniel Wood and Geoff Brumfiel

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Inside the growing alliance between anti-vaccine activists and pro-Trump Republicans

Inside the growing alliance between anti-vaccine activists and pro-Trump Republicans

As the U.S. heads into midterm elections next year, the political right and the anti-vaccine movement are drawing ever-closer together — potentially at the cost of thousands of American lives.
by Geoff Brumfiel

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A Twin Cities doctor spread misinformation about COVID-19. Then he died from it

A Twin Cities doctor spread misinformation about COVID-19. Then he died from it

Dr. Christopher Foley was a beloved natural medicine doctor with dozens of patients who said he helped them manage their chronic illnesses. But Foley also spread misinformation about COVID-19. In October, he died from the virus.
by Catharine Richert

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Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users

Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users

Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the world's response to COVID-19, researchers at Facebook found they could reduce vaccine misinformation by tweaking how vaccine posts show up on users' newsfeeds. Yet despite evidence that it worked, Facebook took a full month to implement the changes at a pivotal time in the global vaccine rollout.
by The Associated Press

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