Post Tagged with: "misinformation"

Commentary Essays / In The News / Op Eds

CNN: What’s Stunning about the Misinformation Trend — and How to Fix it

on January 23, 2022 at 1:45 am ×

This originally appeared as “What’s Stunning about the Misinformation Trend — and How to Fix it” in December 2021 in CNN Opinion.

Commentary Essays / In The News / Op Eds

Wired: To Quash Disinformation, Researchers Must Work With Journalists

on February 28, 2021 at 9:51 pm ×

This originally appeared as “To Quash Disinformation, Researchers Must Work With Journalists” in February 2021 in Wired. Exposing and fighting the problem requires drawing from reporters’ resources and reach.

Professional / Publications

Covid-Related Misinformation on YouTube

on September 21, 2020 at 7:10 am ×

The Spread of Misinformation Videos on Social Media and the Effectiveness of Platform Policies Authors: Aleksi Knuutila, Aliaksandr Herasimenka, Hubert Au, Jonathan Bright, Rasmus Nielsen, Philip N. Howard For this memo, we identified all Covid-related videos which circulated on social media, but which YouTube eventually removed because they contained false […]

Professional / Publications

Types, Sources, and Claims of COVID-19 Misinformation

on April 30, 2020 at 7:06 am ×

Authors: J. Scott Brennen, Felix M. Simon, Philip N. Howard, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen In this RISJ factsheet we identify some of the main types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformationseen so far. We analyse a sample of 225 pieces of misinformation rated false or misleading by factcheckers and published […]

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