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Norway, Denmark, and Finland have the world's freest press. North Korea and Eritrea are last. The United States ranks 57th — below Samoa and Timor-Leste. Here's the full Reporters Without Borders index, what press freedom actually measures, and why its decline matters for everyone.

False information can travel faster than truth on social media. This is a predictable result of how people and platforms behave. Here is what the research says about why it spreads and which fixes have evidence behind them.