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A roundup of the latest topics in news literacy and misinformation.

“In 1995, The Post weighed whether to print the Unabomber’s manifesto” (Andrea Salcedo, The Washington Post).
“CNET is overhauling its AI policy and updating past stories” (Mia Sato, The Verge).
“Is it real or made by AI? Europe wants a label for that as it fights disinformation” (Kelvin Chan, The Associated Press).
“Is Local News Failing To Hold Public Officials Accountable?” (Mark Caro, Medill Local News Initiative).
Opinion: “Algorithms can be useful in detecting fake news, stopping its spread and countering misinformation” (Laks V.S. Lakshmanan, The Conversation).
Video: “Tech companies rolling back misinformation policies” (CBS News).
“After exposure by a nonprofit news outlet, New York is rescinding its policy banning most journalism by prisoners” (Joshua Benton, Nieman Lab).
“These academics studied falsehoods spread by Trump. Now the GOP wants answers.” (Naomi Nix and Joseph Menn, The Washington Post).
“What is disinformation? Misinformation? What to know about how 'fake news' is spread.” (Anna Kaufman, USA Today).
“Their Reports About a Woman’s Death Set Off a Revolt. Iran Put Them on Trial.” (Vivian Yee and Leily Nikounazar, The New York Times).

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Check out three misconceptions about journalism in the movies in this NLP TikTok video:

Rows of movie images behind Alexa Volland of the News Literacy Project with a label above her that says “What journalism movies got wrong.”

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A viral video of books being removed from a Florida middle school library wasn’t part of a book ban. An election ad from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis uses AI-generated images of infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci and former President Donald Trump. Actor and director Mel Gibson is not producing a documentary on child sex trafficking. Check out more of the latest debunked rumors on NLP’s RumorGuard!

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