Fake news

Rise of AI slop and ‘pink slime’ journalism poses risk to Australian politics: Experts

In May 2026, the first known instance of a content-producer publishing entire news sites in Australia made up of AI-generated fake journalism emerged.

Thai PM Anutin says clip of him vowing to reopen border with Cambodia ‘obviously AI’

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has promised to keep closed border crossings with Cambodia in his election campaign.

The hantavirus outbreak is reviving Covid-era conspiracy theories

Persons wearing protective suits walk toward the cruise ship MV Hondius docked in the port of Granadilla de Abona in Spain, on May 11.

‘Seeds of instability’: Fake news target Philippine leader Marcos’ health

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was hospitalised for a colon inflammation in January.

Trump frames Iran war as all but over in optimistic social media flurry

Iranian officials did not confirm most of President Donald Trump’s claims about the war and disputed several of them.

‘Industrial’ clickbait disinformation targets Australian politics

Facebook's parent company Meta removed 13 pages spreading fake news in March.

Artemis II lunar mission draws flood of conspiracy theories

The Artemis II capsule splashes down somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.

Malaysia’s PM Anwar urges crackdown on fake news over fuel prices

A vehicle is refilled at a petrol station in Port Dickson on March 25, 2026. The government is spending about RM4 billion (S$1.28 billion) a month to absorb the surge in global oil prices following the outbreak of the Iran war on Feb 28.

North Korea, Russia news agencies join forces in ‘info war’

Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly Jo Yong-won (right) meeting Russian news agency TASS director-general Andrey Kondrashov (left).

What to do when the public good of information goes bad

The invention of communication tools – from language to printing, TV and the internet – have shaped not just what we can do at any time but who we are, says the writer.

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