Lessons on posting falsehoods from the imaginary Ferrari dealership that dissed Steph Curry’s mother

Lessons on posting falsehoods from the imaginary Ferrari dealership that dissed Steph Curry’s mother

A LinkedIn connection of mine recently reposted a story about Sonya Curry, the mother of the extremely talented NBA player Steph Curry. I clicked through to the original post, which had been posted by a lawyer who runs a foundation and is a visiting fellow at a major university — let’s call her “Mary” (not…

That photo of Trump and Epstein on a plane? If you really want to believe, it’s probably an AI fake.

That photo of Trump and Epstein on a plane? If you really want to believe, it’s probably an AI fake.

Multiple people on my timeline recently shared the photo of Donald Trump and famous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein on a plane, shown below, which is a fake: How do I know it’s fake? As soon as I saw this, I was suspicious. Why? Because while I’ve seen other photos of Trump and Epstein together — as…

When it comes to screenshots of tweets, don’t be a credulous idiot
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When it comes to screenshots of tweets, don’t be a credulous idiot

The Dow dropped 1,000 points yesterday, crashed by fears about the Coronavirus. And two screenshots of past Trump tweets spread like wildfire. This is a situation where the urge to share led many astray — and it’s pernicious, regardless of what side of the political divide you land on. Here are the two screenshots that…