Poll Respondents Lack Confidence in False Beliefs
WASHINGTON (August 1, 2022)— Most polls claiming to show that Americans believe in falsehoods should not be...
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New Study Finds Belief in Climate Change Drops Amid Skeptical Content
Exposure to factual information about climate change briefly persuades people to agree with the scientific consensus, according to a new study. However, they often revert to their original attitudes...
New Podcast Series to Confront COVID-19 Disinformation
WASHINGTON (March 31, 2022)— The George Washington University’s popular public health podcast is taking aim...
Facebook’s Vaccine Misinformation Policy Reduces Anti-Vax Information
WASHINGTON (March 2, 2022)— Following years of growing vaccine opposition and several outbreaks of measles--a...
Corrections On Facebook News Feed Reduces Misinformation
WASHINGTON (February 7, 2022) — Factual corrections published on Facebook’s news feed can reduce a user’s...
New Study Calls into Question Early Claims of COVID-19 ‘Infodemic’ of Health Misinformation
WASHINGTON (January 12, 2022)— In a first-of-its-kind study comparing hundreds of millions of social media...
New International Study Shows Fact Checks Significantly Reduce Belief in Misinformation
WASHINGTON (September 6, 2021)— Fact-checking reduces belief in misinformation and leaves a more enduring...
Malicious Content Exploits Pathways Between Platforms To Thrive Online, Subvert Moderation
WASHINGTON (June 15, 2021)— Malicious COVID-19 online content — including racist content, disinformation and...
Researchers Shed Light on the Evolution of Extremist Groups
WASHINGTON (May 19, 2021)—Early online support for the Boogaloos, one of the groups implicated in the January...
Vaccine Hesitancy Poses Threat to Efforts to End Pandemic: New Commentary
WASHINGTON (March 25, 2021) — Although demand for COVID-19 vaccines currently seems high, vaccine hesitancy...