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Is that political post real—or a money-making scam?

Election cycles in the United States see tremendous surges in political content and engagement on social media, a phenomenon that deceptive networks exploit, using inauthentic content to advance political goals or simply to make money.

Fingers on the track pad of a laptop in a dark room

Portrait of Lerone Martin next to the cover of his book Young King featuring a portrait of MLK as a child

Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr. by Lerone Martin, Religious Studies and African and African American Studies

Four H&S scholars named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows

A student holds a phone underneath a desk to sneak a look at it.

National study of school cellphone bans shows benefits are not immediate

Portrait of Jessica Riskin in the Stanford arcade

Jessica Riskin elected to American Philosophical Society

Portrait of Rachel Jean-Baptiste

Bringing global histories of gender, race, and citizenship to the AI age

An image of an oak tree at Jasper Ridge

A tiny succession battle under an oak tree reveals ecological patterns

A black-and-white photo of three young black children sitting on a bench

New book illuminates Martin Luther King, Jr.’s childhood

A portrait of Grant Rotskoff in the Stanford arcade

Grant Rotskoff named Camille Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar