Elon Musk’s focus on the number of bots on Twitter, whether genuine or a distraction, does little to address the problems of misinformation and spam. A pair of social media experts explain why.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Disinformation
Displaying 1 - 20 of 138 articles
There’s a tension between facilitating free and fair debate on social media, and businesses’ bottom line. And it must be resolved with the public interest in mind.
The reasons for the prominence of the Ukraine war in the West are many – and include the Ukrainian government’s strategic efforts to tailor presentations of the conflict for Western sensibilities.
A team analyzed more than 21 million tweets about COVID-19 vaccines and found that negative sentiments on social media were tied to lower-than-expected vaccination rates in many nations.
Elon Musk said he wants to make Twitter a platform for free speech. Here is what research shows about claims of political bias and excessive moderation.
Deepfakes — manipulated images of people — can be difficult to distinguish from the real thing, and this has terrifying consequences for democracy.
Online campaigns in Vietnam are falsely maligning Ukrainians and discrediting the legitimacy of international organizations. It’s all at odds with the aims of the Vietnamese government.
From voting info to risqué quips, this election, online political ads are more pervasive than ever before.
We’re already seeing signs of disinformation on social media ahead of the federal election.
Public trust in elections is being targeted by disinformation campaigns around the world.
Twitter, more than other social media platforms, fosters real-time discussion about events as they unfold. That could change now that Musk has gained control of the company.
The Russian Embassy in Canada is active in spreading disinformation and promoting the Russian perspective on the events taking place in Ukraine.
By linking different issues together, organisations show the importance of approaching information disorder as a complex problem requiring various responses.
Putin’s rationale for invading Ukraine wasn’t built over just a few months in 2021. Putin and high-level Russia government staff have been trash-talking Ukraine for more than a decade.
Cyberattacks can be devastating, just not on the battlefield, according to researchers who looked at 10 years of armed conflicts around the world.
Efforts to fight online disinformation often give oxygen to the very things they’re trying to fight.
In China, social media is being censored to reflect pro-Russian sentiment, making it impossible to gauge public opinion of Chinese people on the Russian invasion.
The system behind apps like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp isn’t neutral. It encodes political communication, influencing what users see.
For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the app has been a key point-of-contact for communication with his own people and the rest of the world.
Increased media literacy education and government regulations are necessary to combat fake information on social media platforms.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Media Studies in the Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town
-
Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
-
Assistant Professor in Journalism at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, University of Houston
-
Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
-
Associate Professor of Social Psychology, Mississippi State University
-
Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
-
Professor of Practice of Computing Security, Rochester Institute of Technology
-
Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
-
Professor of Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology
-
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication, and Information, UMass Amherst
-
Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
-
Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
-
Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Executive Director, Ostrom Workshop; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
-
Adjunct Professor of Journalism and Director of the Wits Radio Academy, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Adjunct Instructor in Cybersecurity, Johns Hopkins University
