Spreading rumors is human nature. It’s a way people try to make sense of a messy world. In the age of social media and disinformation campaigns, it’s also how people can be misled.
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How worried should you be?
You’ve heard of debunking, but what about prebunking? Getting ahead of misinformation can pay off, but it’s not a silver bullet.
Deepfakes and disinformation are on the rise as the world faces the ‘biggest election year in history’. But AI doesn’t have to spell the end of democracy.
What does someone like me, who believes that the last presidential election was legitimately won by Joe Biden, say to those who think the 2020 election was stolen?
Scholars discuss aspects of protecting election integrity in the face of efforts to cast aspersions on voting results.
How can fake news be managed without government overreach? Under the draft bill, platforms continue to be responsible for the content on their services – not governments.
As elections approach – and even after they’re done – there’s a lot of confusing, and deliberately misleading, information out there. Learn how to protect yourself.
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Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
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Professor of Political Communication; Director CAJII, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Graduate Research Assistant, Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington