Since Snopes' start in the mid-1990s, our fact-checkers have alerted readers to numerous pieces of satire. That's many decades of "jokes" targeting politicians and celebrities, or putting twists on ...

In Episode 19 of FOMO Fix, Sudhish Kamath breaks it down with examples—from Bollywood roasts to farcical chaos ...

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, announced a major move toward transparency with the introduction of profile labels for parody and satire accounts. But is it enough to stop users from ...

We’ve all seen them. Many of us have even been duped by them. But most of us haven’t considered exactly why some of X’s (formerly Twitter) most notable parody accounts do what they do. A report by A.J ...

Helldivers 2, a hit video game from Arrowhead Game Studios, challenges players to work together as an elite team of soldiers to save Earth by pushing back invading hordes of space bugs, cyborgs and ...

After a disastrous Willy Wonka “immersive” experience in Glasgow set the internet ablaze, the fiasco is getting the musical satire treatment. The creative team behind “Willy Fest: A Musical Parody” ...

X said today that it will now label parody or satire profiles to differentiate them from other accounts. In the past, users, including news presenters, have mistaken posts from parody accounts as ...

A law change to protect comedians, critics and artists who make memes and poke fun at others will be debated in Parliament. The Green Party's Copyright (Parody and ...

The Simpsons has repeatedly intertwined satire and social commentary within its episodes. Two notable examples feature the ...

With the artificial intelligence boom well underway, lawmakers are racing to crack down on an influx of deepfake pornography, fraud, and phony celebrity endorsements circulating on social media and ...

From the author's doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa, 2009. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full ...