#MISINFORMATION

Scribulatora

Scribulatora

This is a terribly dangerous riposte that I am surprised to see from Mr. Akin. It's one I wish he would reconsider.Let me explain why.Misinformation online is a genuine, real,

stephen fowler

stphnfwlr

NEW @gpbnews @GeorgiaNewsLab:Georgia's Senate is ground zero for election misinfo. While 3 senators were stripped of chairmanships, a review finds nearly half the GOP-led committees are chaired by lawmakers that

Olivia Solon

oliviasolon

NEW: Under Facebook's own rules, high-profile accounts get their reach and advertising restricted if they have two misinformation "strikes" within 90 days. Leaked internal documents show FB repeatedly bent these

The Hans Scholl Liberation Front

uTobian

For the last 200 years, society had a method for arriving at the truth: have an open & fair debate. Big tech & the minions they own have a new

Moebius Stripper

moebius_strip

What I find most fascinating - and revealing - about @CharlieAngusNDP's statement here is the complete lack of curiosity. B'nai Brith told him that he spread antisemitic misinformation. Never mind,

Peter W. Singer

peterwsinger

Misinformation 2020: What Does The Data Tells Us About Election-Related Falsehoods?http://defenseone.com/threats/2020/11/misinformation-2020-what-data-tells-us-about-election-related-falsehoods/169820/Me @defenseone on the election’s most

balajis.com

balajis

Compiling a list of the official misinformation from press & state.- Flu is more serious- Travel bans are overreacting- Only Wuhan visitors at risk- Avoiding handshakes is paranoid- Virus is

Jay

JayZario

Remember, when they say “misinformation”, they mean “speech we don’t like.” The next time you see an article saying that Facebook or some other public platform is spreading misinformation, understand

Scribulatora

Scribulatora

Don’t know who needs to hear this but being angry that @erinotoole and the rest of the @CPC_HQ are outright lying and peddling misinformation is 100% appropriate and does NOT

Stephen Chew

SChewPsych

Critical thinking has always been a top goal of educators. But teaching critical thinking skills has never been more important or more challenging than now. Olden days, critical thinking was

Brian Fung

b_fung

Twitter is about to become a little more like reddit and Wikipedia, turning to users to add context to misleading tweets in a new pilot project known as Birdwatch:https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/introducing-birdwatch-a-co

Avaaz

Avaaz

During #Covid19, @Facebook’s algorithm has become a major threat to public health. Our new report shows how, in the last year, it has helped networks spreading health misinformation get an

Paul Quigley

paulyq

Good point by Patrick C here.Much progress made against political misinformation in recent years, momentum must be kept up.But scope creep in "fight against misinformation" gets messy when it meets

Jas 🏳️‍⚧️ | B L M

JasTheLass

i hate how whenever a legitimate complaint is thrown against a company cloutchasers piggyback on it with misinformation, it just weakens the argumenthttps://twitter.com/fallenteapot/status/1337845597198487558 this stage was autoflagged by a

Kevin Roose

kevinroose

Of the 20 most-engaged Facebook posts containing the word "election" over the past week, all of them (literally 100%!) are from Trump and have labels indicating that they're false or

Tommy Shane

tommyshane

When misinformation is seen by millions of people, the way we label it matters. Want to understand more? Let’s take a deep dive into TikTok’s new design. First up:

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