Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

I went down the 'rabbit hole' to debunk misinformation – here's what I learned about Big Ben and online information overload

  • Written by Eli Gottlieb, Senior Visiting Scholar, George Washington University
I went down the 'rabbit hole' to debunk misinformation – here's what I learned about Big Ben and online information overloadThe great bell in the iconic clock tower of London’s Palace of Westminster was cast in London.Victoria Jones /WPA Pool/Getty Images

Big Ben was stolen from Palestine. So claimed an elderly woman, in Arabic, in a retweeted clip I received recently.

Yes, that Big Ben: the great bell in the iconic clock tower of London’s Palace of...

Read more: I went down the 'rabbit hole' to debunk misinformation – here's what I learned about Big Ben and...

More Articles ...

  1. Netflix series 'Last Chance U' speaks to the reality of athletes I study
  2. China's 'mask diplomacy' wins influence across Africa, during and after the pandemic
  3. Biden ends policy forcing asylum-seekers to 'remain in Mexico' – but for 41,247 migrants, it's too late
  4. How 18 million Americans could move into rural areas – without leaving home
  5. Pollen can raise your risk of COVID-19 – and the season is getting longer thanks to climate change
  6. How a 'feminist' foreign policy would change the world
  7. How urban planning and housing policy helped create 'food apartheid' in US cities
  8. Traffic is down on American highways during the pandemic, but vehicle deaths are up – here’s how to stay safe on the road
  9. COVID-19 survivor's guilt a growing issue as reality of loss settles in
  10. 3 medical innovations fueled by COVID-19 that will outlast the pandemic
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more