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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 perspective on this latest court ruling, Snopes CEO David Mikkelson answers some questions below – and ...

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 misinformation swallowed the world.   By David Mikkelson As Americans took in the shock and horror of ...

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 selecting may do things a little differently than how we do them here at Snopes, and that’s exactly why we...