Filed Under: “Misinformation”
Republicans used to support vaccinations more than Democrats, but the mainstream media won’t explore this story
Senate Republican leader has repeatedly stated he believes vaccines are safe and helpful, but he refuses to stop his colleagues from spreading lies about them
Many people think that anecdotes are a sure-fire way of knowing what’s true, but anecdotes are infamously unreliable.
As bad as fake news and hate are on the internet, they would be much worse without Section 230
Computational propaganda has become ubiquitous, but what if its techniques could be taught via a computer game?
With more information available to us than ever, sometimes the wisest thing to do is to avoid having an opinion
Relentless bombardment by stories on social media makes our attention an increasingly scarce resource and increases the chance that any given story we encounter is fake.
Disinformation and conspiracy theories have always been around, what’s different now is that American conservatism has rebuilt itself on disbelieving reality.