To halt measles’ resurgence we must fight the plague of misinformation
Vaccine uptake is critical for public healthRobin Utrecht/Shutterstock When I read the 1998 study falsely…
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Voting Integrity Messages Fight Misinformation in the Lab. But What about the Real World?
August 29, 20254 min readVoting Integrity Messages Fight Misinformation in the Lab. But What about…
US government defunds research on misinformation
Disinformation can be especially prevalent on social media sitesStefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The US…
Popular TikTok videos about ADHD are full of misinformation
Health information on TikTok can be misleadingAlexPhotoStock / Alamy More than half the claims made…
How Digital Outrage Helps Misinformation Go Viral
When false information spreads online, moral outrage often acts as its jet fuel. A comprehensive…
Misinformation Really Does Spread like a Virus, Epidemiology Shows
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the…
These Are the Rumors and Misinformation to Watch for on Election Day
October 25, 20244 min readThese Are the Rumors and Misinformation to Watch for on Election…
Ahead of Hurricane Milton, FEMA faces funding challenges, misinformation
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. agency in charge of disaster relief, is facing…
Combating Misinformation Runs Deeper Than Swatting Away ‘Fake News’
September 30, 20245 min readCombating Misinformation Runs Deeper Than Swatting Away ‘Fake News’“Fake news”-style misinformation…
AI Tool Predicts Whether Online Health Misinformation Will Cause Real-World Harm
AI Tool Predicts Whether Online Health Misinformation Will Cause Real-World HarmA new AI-based analytical technique…