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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026205 stories
LG says we're fake news [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 216 comments · 417 points · Sep 12, 2026
Flock Credibility Lost as It Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police, & Public↗ aclu.org · HN · 170 comments · 470 points · Jul 21, 2026
The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Safety↗ aphyr.com · HN · 181 comments · 330 points · Apr 13, 2026
MIT Technology Review has confirmed that posts on Moltbook were fake↗ technologyreview.com · HN · 136 comments · 317 points · Feb 08, 2026
A lot of population numbers are fake↗ davidoks.blog · HN · 325 comments · 401 points · Jan 29, 2026
2025341 stories
You did no fact checking, and I must scream↗ shkspr.mobi · HN · 194 comments · 324 points · Oct 17, 2025
Weaponizing Ads: How Google and Facebook Ads Are Used to Wage Propaganda Wars↗ medium.com · HN · 169 comments · 198 points · Sep 09, 2025
Reports of Deno's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated↗ deno.com · HN · 202 comments · 223 points · May 20, 2025
The Importance of Fact-Checking↗ lithub.com · HN · 130 comments · 186 points · Apr 01, 2025
Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed↗ scientificamerican.com · HN · 905 comments · 757 points · Feb 05, 2025
2024414 stories
Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 86 comments · 253 points · Dec 22, 2024
Influencer cartels manipulate social media↗ cepr.org · HN · 69 comments · 193 points · Jun 04, 2024
Tiny number of 'supersharers' spread the majority of fake news↗ science.org · HN · 319 comments · 317 points · Jun 01, 2024
World War II 'rumor clinics' helped America battle wild gossip↗ smithsonianmag.com · HN · 176 comments · 161 points · Mar 06, 2024
Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products↗ qz.com · HN · 211 comments · 172 points · Jan 16, 2024
2023573 stories
Did the Entire Media Industry Misquote a Hamas Spokesperson?↗ silentlunch.net · HN · 2 comments · 22 points · Oct 28, 2023
CIA bribed its own team to reject lab-leak theory, whistleblower claims↗ science.org · HN · 15 comments · 58 points · Sep 13, 2023
Harvard dishonesty expert accused of dishonesty↗ ft.com · HN · 12 comments · 31 points · Jun 21, 2023
Lab leak is not a debunked conspiracy theory and never has been↗ slowboring.com · HN · 0 comments · 18 points · Mar 01, 2023
Half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them↗ fortune.com · HN · 113 comments · 88 points · Feb 16, 2023
2022561 stories
Leaked documents outline DHS’s plans to police disinformation↗ theintercept.com · HN · 716 comments · 431 points · Oct 31, 2022
The coming tsunami of fakery↗ grandy.substack.com · HN · 410 comments · 461 points · Aug 25, 2022
I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking↗ slowboring.com · HN · 316 comments · 358 points · Mar 05, 2022
How to Mislead with Facts↗ consilienceproject.org · HN · 277 comments · 422 points · Feb 01, 2022
Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online↗ royalsociety.org · HN · 926 comments · 1016 points · Jan 30, 2022
2021755 stories
Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”↗ i.postimg.cc · HN · 620 comments · 669 points · Jul 29, 2021
Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying↗ medialens.org · HN · 637 comments · 1110 points · Jul 02, 2021
Don't Feed the Thought Leaders↗ earthly.dev · HN · 280 comments · 795 points · Jun 11, 2021
Almost half of local Twitter trending topics in Turkey are fake – study↗ actu.epfl.ch · HN · 181 comments · 485 points · Jun 02, 2021
The media's lab leak fiasco↗ slowboring.com · HN · 701 comments · 501 points · May 27, 2021
2020848 stories
CIA vs. Wikileaks [video]↗ media.ccc.de · HN · 269 comments · 340 points · Dec 29, 2020
Suppression is a bigger scandal than the actual story↗ taibbi.substack.com · HN · 567 comments · 471 points · Oct 25, 2020
YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation↗ reuters.com · HN · 893 comments · 461 points · Oct 14, 2020
How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots”↗ medium.com · HN · 323 comments · 396 points · Jan 16, 2020
Disinformation for hire: how a new breed of PR firms is selling lies online↗ buzzfeednews.com · HN · 269 comments · 479 points · Jan 07, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

LG says we're fake news [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 216 comments · 417 points · Sep 12, 2026
YC created Flock 10 years ago↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 15 comments · 66 points · Sep 09, 2026
Show HN: A game about fake news and memes↗ unspin.app · HN · 21 comments · 15 points · Sep 26, 2026
'Pink Slime' Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms↗ politico.com · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 27, 2026
The auto lobby spent millions on media manipulation↗ impuls.news · HN · 14 comments · 31 points · Sep 04, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

LG says we're fake news [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 216 comments · 417 points · Sep 12, 2026
YC created Flock 10 years ago↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 15 comments · 66 points · Sep 09, 2026
The auto lobby spent millions on media manipulation↗ impuls.news · HN · 14 comments · 31 points · Sep 04, 2026
Show HN: A game about fake news and memes↗ unspin.app · HN · 21 comments · 15 points · Sep 26, 2026
'Pink Slime' Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms↗ politico.com · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 27, 2026
Update from Buckmaster: Sébastien's statement is wildly false↗ mastodon.social · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 10, 2026
It's Not Just True, It's False↗ idiallo.com · HN · 2 comments · 4 points · Sep 23, 2026
A 7B fact-checker beat 30B LLM reviewers and deleted no true claims↗ openteams.com · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 22, 2026
AI researcher who warned of 'disaster' is now a target of the right↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 10, 2026
Dolly Parton's Sister Slams "Endless Garbage": AI, Social Media Misinformation↗ deadline.com · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 06, 2026

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