Fighting misinformation doesn’t have to involve restricting content or dampening people’s enthusiasm for sharing it. The key is turning bad habits into good ones.
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How can fake news be managed without government overreach? Under the draft bill, platforms continue to be responsible for the content on their services – not governments.
The flood of misinformation on social media could actually be worse than many researchers have reported. The problem is that many studies analyzed only text, leaving visual misinformation uncounted.
Paid blue tick status could make it harder to tell if information is coming from a legitimate source.
While the two incidents in Markham may not be directly linked to extremist groups, they have occurred within a global ecosystem of Islamophobia.
AI tools are now generating content that’s difficult to distinguish from reality.
Lateral reading, self-nudging and a persistent refusal to feed the trolls are some of the ways one can better manage information.
The amount of content available online makes policing misinformation extremely difficult. But there are steps we can all take to better ensure the credibility of what we see online.
Teaching students about information literacy can help them determine what kinds of practices make news reports trustworthy.
As elections approach – and even after they’re done – there’s a lot of confusing, and deliberately misleading, information out there. Learn how to protect yourself.
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.
Concerns about misinformation spreading among Chinese communities are once again prominent, as they were during the 2019 election campaign.
We’re already seeing signs of disinformation on social media ahead of the federal election.
Efforts to fight online disinformation often give oxygen to the very things they’re trying to fight.
Empowering current and future generations to detect and dismiss false and misleading information will be pivotal in developing a democracy resilient to the threat of online misinformation.
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Provost Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Business, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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