Israel-Hamas war misinformation on social media is harder to track, researchers say
Misleading content about the conflict is rampant online, and watchdogs say major platforms’ changing practices have made it “close to impossible” for them to keep up.
Israel’s Planned Ground Attack in Gaza: America and the World Scramble for Solutions
The ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas has taken a devastating toll, with casualties mounting on both sides.
Disinformation Researchers Are Feeling The Heat Ahead Of 2024
After researchers pushed back on Donald Trump’s election lies, Republicans made them a political target. Now, many in the field are changing tactics.
Fact Checkers Take Stock of Their Efforts: ‘It’s Not Getting Better’
After President Biden won the election nearly three years ago, three of every 10 Americans believed the false narrative that his victory resulted from fraud, a poll found.
Anti-vaccine content and other kinds of misinformation are hypothesized to be more heavily monetized than other kinds of online content.
Facebook's Design Makes It Unable to Control Misinformation
In a new study, researchers analyze the world’s largest social media platform and its efforts to remove COVID-19 vaccine misinformation during the pandemic.
Facebook failed to control Covid misinformation due to its design, reveals study
The Covid-19 vaccine misinformation policies of Facebook, the world’s largest social media platform, were not effective in combating misinformation
The removal of a major anti-vaccine page in November 2020 by Facebook didn’t reduce misinformation
How Covid misinformation stayed one step ahead of Facebook
The work of trying to minimize the influence of harmful misinformation is both exhausting and essential.
Social Media Giant's Efforts to Stymie Antivax Content Had Mixed Results
While Facebook's policy on removing repeat offenders who post COVID-19 vaccine misinformation may have reduced the number of posts in anti-vaccine pages/groups
