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Snopes kicks off election year with the launch of a newsletter to demystify/debunk politics with a focus on facts and what matters.

Our fact-checking team has been energized by court victories, including penalties ordered against our opponents.

The litigant and attorney face court-ordered sanctions as a penalty for targeting Snopes with baseless lawsuit.

Dear Readers, Our lawsuit continues, but there is news. This is a very public fight – and one that we would like to see resolved as soon as possible. This case is still moving through the courts, but today we’re excited to share an important development. A brand-new court ruling addresses the ownership of Snopes Media Group. A judge issued the ruling on April 2, 2021. This is the most recent decision that impacts who controls Snopes, providing much-needed clarity for our team. For his persp...

Jump to see each section: For more than a year, we’ve been experiencing two pandemics — COVID-19, the disease ravaging the world, and the infodemic of rumors, hoaxes, and malicious disinformation surrounding it. Snopes has been at the center of the latter. Desperate for information about a terrifying, deadly plague, readers grabbed any information they could and asked us to investigate. And we did. One year on, we’re ready to share what we’ve learned about the infodemic — the year mis...

Dear Readers, Although we at Snopes have been hard at work to fight for facts in 2020, we know we’re part of a larger community that has been fighting, too. Whether by illuminating difficult concepts through investigative reporting or by sparking interest in important facts with new media, so many have been doing so much to shine a light on truth in a dark year. That’s why we’re celebrating these “Lamplighters” with our first-ever Snopes Awards. The “Lamplighters” we’re selectin...