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Filippo MenczerMay 9, 2022

Elon Musk says relaxing content rules on Twitter will boost free speech, but research shows otherwise

A body of research shows that stronger, not weaker, moderation of the information ecosystem is what’s needed to combat harmful misinformation.

Shraddha ChakradharApril 13, 2022

A new magazine delves into the ways that people consume wrong information

OpenMind Magazine launched just a month ago, with a goal of “tackling science controversies and deceptions.”

Stephan Lewandowsky and Anastasia KozyrevaApril 7, 2022

Algorithms, lies, and social media

Achieving a more transparent and less manipulative online media may well be the defining political battle of the 21st century.

Mamoun Alazab and Kate MacfarlaneMarch 29, 2022

Why Telegram — despite being rife with Russian disinformation — became the go-to app for Ukrainians

Many Russians, in light of the Kremlin’s crackdown of independent media, are also turning to the messaging app for information.

Shraddha ChakradharMarch 10, 2022

“Perfect moderation does not exist,” but here are some lessons from Twitter’s labels of Trump tweets

“How can you make people discuss [information] instead of polarizing them further?” A new study offers some clues.

Sophie BushwickMarch 9, 2022

Russia is having less success at spreading social media disinformation (for now)

But that could change if people tire of defending against an onslaught of misinformation.

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 24, 2022

Some resources for following the invasion of Ukraine

Lists, liveblogs, maps.

Shraddha ChakradharFebruary 23, 2022

Facebook is letting a lot of climate change denial slide despite promises to flag it, study finds

“[Labeling] was the major intervention that Facebook said it was going to do, and it hasn’t done it.”

Michelle A. AmazeenFebruary 7, 2022

Researchers looked at nearly 3,000 native ads across five years. Here’s what they found

“We counted all the native advertisements between 2014 and 2019 we could find from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.”

Asher Lawson and Hemant KakkarNovember 18, 2021

Personality type, as well as politics, predicts who shares fake news

Highly impulsive people who lean conservative are more likely to share false news stories. They have a desire to create chaos and won’t be deterred by fact-checkers.

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