Tag: disinformation

4 Tips to Spot Misinformation on the Web

We've already discussed how the Israel-Hamas war is the latest conflict where people are poring over social media and news channels looking for updates...

The EU’s Threats to Elon Musk Are Empty, Sources Say

Penfrat is worried about political overreach—he agrees that disinformation on X is a problem. There is no legal obligation for platforms to respond in...

Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds

For three months in late 2020, nearly 7,200 US adults on Facebook and 8,800 on Instagram received a radically different experience than the services’...

Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute City

Carla Francome campaigns for better cycling routes in Haringey, North London, where she moved a few years ago in search of a community—“an area...

A Suspected Killer’s Fans Are Still Promoting Him Online

After a local politician and two others were gunned down in the Philippines, posts supporting the suspect continue to gain traction on social media.

How YouTube Can Rewrite the Past and Shape an Election

There's a lot of historical disinformation, and it’s one of the biggest issues in the Philippines. This ranges from outright denialism, saying that the...

Can the Wisdom of Crowds Help Fix Social Media’s Trust Issue?

The study found that with a group of just eight laypeople, there was no statistically significant difference between the crowd performance and a given...

If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It

We've all seen it happen: Watch one video on YouTube and your recommendations shift, as if Google's algorithms think the video's subject is your...

Who’s Winning the War Between Biden and Facebook? Fox News

“All my research is on things that social media platforms can do to make things better,” said David Rand, a professor at MIT and...

New Vaccine Conspiracy Theories Are Going Viral in Arabic

Bill Gates is dressed as the Joker. His hair is fluorescent green, his face painted white and his elongated smile is cut into his...

Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook—But Only If It’s Right-Wing

It’s not exactly a secret that extreme, less-than-accurate content finds a big audience on Facebook. In the months before last year’s election, the...

They Claimed the Covid Vaccine Made Them Sick—and Went Viral

The Facebook videos were short but unsettling. One, posted on the profile of Indiana resident Shawn Skelton, shows her shuddering on what looks like...

Jeff Daniels On Donald Trump And Becoming James Comey In ‘The Comey Rule’

Jeff Daniels as former FBI Director James Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump in ... 'The...

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