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Citation

Taking the power back: How diaspora community organizations are fighting misinformation spread on encrypted messaging apps

Author:
Ozawa, Joao V. S.; Woolley, Samuel; Lukito, Josephine
Publication:
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
Year:
2024

We applied a mixed-methods approach with the goal of understanding how Latinx and Asian diaspora communities perceive and experience the spread of misinformation through encrypted messaging apps in the United States. Our study consists of 12 in-depth interviews with leaders of relevant diaspora community organizations and a computer-assisted content analysis of 450,300 messages published on