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Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAcademics, universities and government agencies are overhauling or ending research programs designed...
Studies Keep Finding That Social Media Algorithms Don't Increase Polarization. Why Is the Press So...
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPhoto by Brett Jordan on Unsplash New research looking at Facebook in the run-up to the 2020...
Sarah Palin leads GOP congressional candidates in sharing misinformation, study finds
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSarah Palin and her fellow Republican candidates running for open seats or against GOP incumbents...
Health misinformation is rampant on social media – here's what it does, why it spreads and what...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoStudies show that health misinformation on social media has led to fewer people getting vaccinated...
Among those spreading medical misinformation during the pandemic: 52 doctors
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMedical misinformation swirled across social media during the pandemic, but some of it was in a...
How AI Could Help Detect Fake News Instead of Making It
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFake news is a complex problem and can span text, images and video. For written articles in...
Misinformation vs. disinformation: What the terms mean and the effects they have
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLoose lips sink ships − especially when they're not telling the truth. Spotting misinformation can...
Climate change misinformation in Latin America threatens efforts to combat it
NBC News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe spread of false narratives around three recent extreme weather events in Latin America shows how...
Climate change warning signs started in the 1800s. Here's what humanity knew and when.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPolitical misinformation continues to swirl around the climate change discussion like a thick fog...
Misinformation a deadly common thread between COVID-19, HIV/AIDS pandemics
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSince health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly...