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The fact-checking industry is booming. But how effective is it? Samira Sawlani explores its role in the digital age and assesses its powers and limitations in tackling the flood of disinformation polluting our media ecosystem.

Nanjala Nyabola reports on Western media's reporting on Israel’s war on Palestine.

Don Kevin Hapal unmasks the hidden workforce driving the Philippines’ flourishing disinformation ecosystem – and they are not who you might think.

Disinformation can undermine elections, pose risks to public health and stoke division and violence against minorities. Words by Paula Lacey.

The industry; distrust in the news; laws and regulations; key terms; term usage over time.

One hundred years ago the incendiary ‘Zinoviev letter’, allegedly from the Soviet Union, incited British communists to revolution. Conrad Landin examines an early example of ‘fake news’.

Action, and further reading on disinformation.

Although far from a modern phenomenon, the potency and complexity of misinformation has increased in the digital age. To tackle it, we need a systemic response that goes further than debunking one lie at a time, argues Nanjala Nyabola.

Political historian, filmmaker and novelist. Words by Subi Shah.

A new history of pro-Zionist pressure is strongest in its simplicity, writes Rob Norman.

Alva; Chain of Light.

No Other Land; Paradise is Burning.

The North Will Rise Again; Scattered; A Mouth Full of Salt; A Mouth Full of Salt.

Struggling with an ethical dilemma? New Internationalist’s Agony Uncle can help you find answers in our troubled political times.

Cannabis legalization was actually just? Amy Hall explores whether those most harmed by prohibition could benefit from legalization.