The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more…
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Focus Tag: Fact Checking
Content Moderation Tools to Stop Extremism | Lawfare
by Daniel Byman
September 29, 2022
Technology companies are more active than ever in trying to stop terrorists, white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and other hateful individuals,…
2022 Foundational Integrity Research Call for Proposals | Meta Research
by Meta Research
September 29, 2022
Meta's integrity efforts are at the heart of the company's mission to give people the power to build community and…
2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series
September 19, 2022
Beyond Facebook and Twitter: The Impact of New and Niche Platforms For years, Facebook and Twitter dominated scholarly research about…
Climate Change Denial & Skepticism: A Review of the Literature
September 15, 2022
Abstract Political actors and individuals who deny the reality of human-caused climate change are a minority with an outsized ability…
Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme | ProPublica
by Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis
September 6, 2022
To his more than 150,000 followers on Instagram, Dr. Martin Jugenburg is Real Dr. 6ix, a well-coiffed Toronto plastic surgeon…
Twitter has an experimental crowdsourced fact-checking feature | The Washington Post
by Will Oremus
August 30, 2022
As the big social media platforms trot out familiar misinformation policies ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, Twitter is holding…
Republican candidates are spreading more fake news than just two years ago | The Washington Post
by Maggie Macdonald and Megan A. Brown
August 30, 2022
Over the last several years, there’s been a considerable increase in media coverage about misinformation and conspiracy theories in politics.…
CDCS Book Talk: Asta Zelenkauskaitė, Drexel University
August 26, 2022
With the prevalence of disinformation geared to instill doubt rather than clarity,Creating Chaos Online, unmasks disinformation when it attempts to pass…
Job Opportunity: NewsQ Project Coordinator, Reliable Sources | Hacks/Hackers
by Hacks/Hackers
August 18, 2022
Hacks/Hackers is looking for a Research Coordinator to help us wrangle project resources and communications for a project that supports…