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This is not a group of people forwarding videos without thought – these are women who (correctly or incorrectly) believe they have done their research
The political economy of bullshit.
At Facebook’s scale, it’s not hard for a dangerous piece of misinformation to get 20 million views in a day
Dismantling institutional racism needs to begin with empowering antiracist people.
The targets, all enemies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, were falsely accused of murder, incompetence, alcoholism and more.
The Americans who pushed a conspiracy theory the night of the Iowa caucuses have migrated to coronavirus conspiracies on Twitter, with help from a very Russia-friendly account.
If the authorities can’t satisfy the public’s desire to know more, others will fill the void with misinformation.
The biggest social network in the world has the wrong idea for how to fight Covid-19 conspiracies.
This paper supplies a compact synthesis of the empirical literature on misconceptions of and misinformation about decision-relevant science. The incidence and i
There is a culture war in America over science. Why? And what should be done to promote the ability of culturally diverse citizens to agree on how science can i
It’s the latest example of a serious flaw in Facebook’s targeted ad system.
Nature - The pandemic lays bare the failure to quarantine online scams, hoaxes and lies amid political battles.
A consumer behavior researcher explains why toilet paper shelves are bare.
The big issue? So many of them don’t want to consider themselves “old” or “vulnerable.”
In a follow-up to Zero Trust Information, exploring the four types of information and how their value changes with time.
The problem is "boost first, ask questions later"
The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.
One firm promised to “use every tool and take every advantage available in order to change reality according to our client's wishes.”