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Twitter will begin taking action against misinformation in crisis situations, the company said Thursday. The new policy will be immediately applied to misinformation surrounding the war in Ukraine. Given the […]
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Elon Muskās bid to acquire Twitter for $44 billion is only a month old, but it has already had more twists and turns than any Coney Island roller coaster. After […]
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Not being able to distinguish fake news from real news can have serious consequences for a person’s physical, emotional and financial well-being — especially for older adults, who in general […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) ā A majority of U.S. adults say misinformation around Russiaās invasion of Ukraine is a major problem, and they largely fault the Russian government for spreading those falsehoods […]
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The parliament of Catalonia, the autonomous region in Spain, sits on the edge of Barcelonaās Old City, in the remains of a fortified citadel constructed by King Philip V to […]
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Using survey dataĀ from 154,195 respondents in 142 countries, weĀ investigateĀ internetĀ user perceptions of the risksĀ associated with being exposed to misinformation.Ā We find that:Ā 1) The majority ofĀ regularĀ internet usersĀ globallyĀ (58.5%) worry about misinformation,Ā and young and low-income […]
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Tell someone that talk show host Ellen Degeneres is under house arrest for child trafficking, an actual false rumor that spread across social media in March 2020, and most people […]
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New investments flooding partisan media platforms are starting to restructure America’s internet business around the nation’s deepening political divide. Why it matters: For years, internet theorists have warned of the […]
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The war against truth has entered its most diabolical phase: false flag fact-checking.Ā For several years, propaganda wings have simply masqueraded asĀ fact-checkersĀ to label untrue content as genuine or genuine content as […]