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Don’t blame Russian trolls for our anti-vaxx problem. Our misinformation is homegrown | Sophie Zhang
I blew the whistle on inauthentic behavior at Facebook. But authentic misinformation is the bigger problem in the west
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Hugely Popular Anti-Vaxx Misinformation Website Is Just Some Lady in Piedmont
Vaccine misinformation hotbed OpenVAERS is one of the leading sources of bad info about COVID vaccines on the internet, and an investigation finds that it’s run by some woman in the Oakland-surrounded suburb of Piedmont with too much time on her hands.
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Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation
Last week, Facebook disabled our personal accounts, obstructing the research we lead at New York University to study the spread of disinformation on the company’s platform. The move has already compromised our work – forcing us to suspend our investigations into Facebook’s role in amplifying vaccine misinformation, sowing distrust in our elections and fomenting the violent riots at the US Capitol on 6 January.
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Facebook will let users become 'experts' to cut down on misinformation. It's another attempt to avoid responsibility for harmful content.
For example, a Facebook admin of an extremist group could designate someone within that space to be an "expert," whose posts will be amplified.
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From viral videos to Fox News: how rightwing media fueled the critical race theory panic
National outlets amplify clips of angry parents, creating a cycle of outrage
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People who think they're good at detecting fake news stories are also the most likely to fall for them
New study shows people who are overconfident in their ability to detect fake news stories are actually the ones most likely to fall for them.
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Russia is still the biggest player in disinformation, Facebook says
A Facebook report released Wednesday says that Russia is still the largest producer of disinformation, a notable finding just five years after Russian operatives launched a far-reaching campaign to infiltrate social media during the 2016 election.
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Facebook Knows It Was Used To Help Incite The Capitol Insurrection
An internal task force found that Facebook failed to take appropriate action against the Stop the Steal movement ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, and hoped the company could “do better next time.”
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Democrats push Twitter, Facebook to remove vaccine 'disinformation dozen'
Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) are asking Facebook and Twitter to take action against a dozen accounts identified in a recent report as spreading the majority of anti-vaccine content on their platforms.
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Facebook Is Failing Miserably at Stopping COVID Conspiracy Theories
COVID misinformation is flourishing on Facebook, especially in languages other than English.
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Facebook Built the Perfect Platform for Covid Vaccine Conspiracies
Mark Zuckerberg wanted to make his social network a reliable source about the pandemic. Instead he’s helped spread misinformation about vaccines causing infertility.
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Verified Twitter Users Shared an All-Time-High Amount of Fake News in 2020
Deceptive websites received millions of shares and interactions on Twitter (and Facebook) in 2020, and verified Twitter users played a big part in that.
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Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump
Zignal Labs charted a 73 percent decline on Twitter and beyond following historic action against the president.
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The Art of the Lie? The Bigger the Better
Lying as a political tool is hardly new. But a readiness, even enthusiasm, to be deceived has become a driving force in politics around the world, most recently in the United States.
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Over 3000 Russian propaganda cases registered by EU disinformation watchdog in 2020
For many, this has been a challenging year, which brought not only a global pandemic but also an infodemic: an unprecedented flood of false or inaccurate information about the coronavirus. Unfortunately, pro-Kremlin media has actively contributed to fueling the infodemic in addition to finding many other opportunities to spread disinformation, amplify conspiracy theories and sow confusion, fear and distrust.
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In 2020, Disinformation Broke The US
Lies about science, civil rights, and the vote itself have turned Americans against one another.
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Misinformation Has Created a New World Disorder
As someone who studies the impact of misinformation on society, I often wish the young entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley who enabled communication at speed had been forced to run a 9/11 scenario with their technologies before they deployed them commercially.
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Facebook Can't Seem to do Anything About 'Stop the Steal' Groups
Facebook shut down the original group, which was spreading election disinformation and organizing real-world protests. But now there are more in its place.
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How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge
A 64-page document that was later disseminated by close associates of President Donald Trump appears to be the work of a fake "intelligence firm."
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Daily Distortions: On Facebook, Misinformation Is More Popular Now Than in 2016
People are engaging more on Facebook with content from outlets that publish falsehoods and distortions, even though the social network has tried limiting misinformation, new research found.
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