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A Facebook account impersonating the Swain County board of elections in North Carolina. Unfounded rumors that Tarrant County, Texas, doesn’t have former Vice President Joe Biden on the ballot. Wrong […]
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Fears of an economic downturn caused by supply chain interruptions and worker shortages due to the coronavirus may have been brought about by a constant stream of disinformation. Stories claiming […]
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As we gear up for the 2020 elections, voters in both the Volunteer State and the Show-Me State will be flooded with election-related information. This includes anything related to voter […]
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Attempts at Debunking “Fake News” about Epidemics Might Do More Harm Than Good | Scientific American
Was it a bioweapon from a virology institute? Had it been known before and already patented? Could homeopathic remedies help? All of these ideas about the headline-making novel coronavirus disease—now […]
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In an online experiment, participants who paused to explain why a headline was true or false indicated that they were less likely to share false information compared to control participants. […]
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Political disinformation existed long before the rise of Donald Trump and social media. In the 1990s, for example, right-wing operatives pushed the conspiracy theory that Vince Foster, who worked in […]
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I first met the anti-vaxxers in the spring of last year, at the height of the measles outbreak. It was just after sunrise, in the dim light of Jamaica Station […]
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We still don’t know who won the Democratic Iowa caucuses, largely due to technical issues with an app that precincts were supposed to use to report their results. The official […]