In the aftermath of the deadly July 2025 floods, users shared AI-generated images to promote misinformation about the seven-time Super Bowl champion.

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” In the weeks leading up to the 2024 presidential election, Hurricane Helene made landfall, causing extensive ...

AI-generated videos are proliferating across Facebook, TikTok and YouTube, drawing criticism for spreading offensive content, misleading viewers and contributing to the rise of fake news.

A new report says the public broadcaster should be tasked with clear, consistent transmission of life-saving information ...

The wildfires that are flaring up across Canada again are one of the reasons public safety should be added to CBC/Radio-Canada's mandate, a new report from a research centre at McGill University ...

Report argues other countries’ public media already have added national emergency preparedness and crisis response to their ...

Unfounded rumors linking an extreme weather event to human attempts at weather modification are again spreading on social ...

The Trump administration has paused work on a new database that would provide Americans with precise estimates of the ...

Even when floods can be anticipated, communicating their severity to the public is a tall order. Because flash floods are very localized, even neighborhood-level warnings may seem like false alarms to ...

We’ve seen it before, and we’ll see it again. After every hurricane, wildfire, flood or pandemic, fraud follows. It’s not just infuriating — it’s predictable. And what’s worse, it’s preventable.

The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government ...

Both victims of the Texas flooding and those who want to donate to help should keep an eye out for possible scams.