Hoax — what the fake news of the Enlightenment age tells us about misinformation today
Madeleine Pelling’s vivid history of imposters across the 18th century explores the boundaries between reason and unreason
Madeleine Pelling’s vivid history of imposters across the 18th century explores the boundaries between reason and unreason

Manipulation, disinformation and fakery could lead to a knowledge collapse

Testing claims matters more than ever in an age of misinformation, overconfident assertions and unsubstantiated opinions

Like tricksters, LLMs have perfected the art of plausibility

Imposter accounts, lax moderation, extremism and synthetic content could destroy trust in everything we read online

The creation and dissemination of reliable news is at an economic disadvantage

Users trust it even less than they do mainstream news outlets