Model reveals why debunking election misinformation often doesn’t work
When the outcome of an election is contested, people skeptical of the outcome may be swayed by authority figures who ...
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Carefully exposing children to more misinformation can make them better fact-checkers, study finds
At a time when online misinformation is seemingly everywhere and objective facts are often disputed, UC Berkeley psychologists have presented ...
United States: NGOs win big with misinformation about vaccines
An anti-vaccine group founded by US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. made millions of dollars by sharing false information during ...
King Kong, vampires, asteroids: trendy AI misinformation popular on TikTok
TikTok is on everyone's lips in the US Congress because of its supposed links to the Chinese state, but in ...
Short corrective comments can help social media users spot misinformation, study finds
Research shows that reading other people's corrections online can reduce perceived accuracy and engagement with incorrect content. The experts felt ...
Elections: Arizona Secretary of State on the front lines of misinformation
“Elections are the fabric of our society”: nine months before the US presidential election, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes ...
Assessing the veracity of fake news via online searches increases the chances of believing misinformation: study
Conventional wisdom suggests that searching online to assess the veracity of misinformation would reduce trust in it. But a new ...
Starbucks: Our protesters are influenced by social media misinformation
Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan said that those protesting against the company over its position on the war launched by Israel ...
Major language patterns repeat conspiracy theories and other forms of misinformation, study finds
New research on major language patterns shows that they repeat conspiracy theories, harmful stereotypes and other forms of misinformation. In ...
