9 Best Articles in 2022
Scientific American
Misinformation Has Created a New World Disorder
Scientific American
10 min read · From 2019 · Our willingness to share content without thinking is exploited to spread disinformation
Reader View · Shared by 181, including Thomas Power, Matt Navarra, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Katja Evertz, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Ian Lurie 🇺🇦, Leonardo Sumulong, Mathew Ingram, Chris Heilmann, davidabrock, Mark Little, John Nosta, Dr. Alec Couros, Ste Davies, Casie Gillette, Ex Apologist, Javi Cantón, Mark Kaigwa, Steve Haroz 📊👁️🧠, Chris Messina
Twitter
Introducing Birdwatch, a community-based approach to misinformation
Twitter
2 min read · 2021-01-25
Reader View · Shared by 219, including rogerverhoeven, jane, @NFT_NYC #NFTNYC R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #Metaverse, Delip Rao, Matt Navarra, Stephanie A Kowalski, Arie Goldshlager, Chris Messina, Luca Hammer, Owen Williams ⚡, Arin Basu, Mark Little, Mark Kaigwa, David Meerman Scott, Joscha Bach, Nick Diakopoulos, Lee Keyes
The Conversation
What will 2022 bring in the way of misinformation on social media? 3 experts weigh in
The Conversation
~11 min read · 2021-12-27 · Misinformation will continue to strain society in 2022 as the lines between misinformation and political speech blur, cynicism grows and the lack of regulation allows misinformation to flourish.
Reader View · Shared by 149, including Guy Kawasaki, Alberto Dafonte
MIT Technology Review
He got Facebook hooked on AI. Now he can't fix its misinformation addiction
MIT Technology Review
20+ min read · 2021-03-11 · Three years ago, the company began building "responsible AI." This is the story of how it failed.
Reader View · Shared by 817, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Hilary Mason, Brendan Nyhan, Casey Newton, Andreas Staub, Scott Monty, John Burn-Murdoch, Andy Budd, Anne Applebaum, Carla Gentry, Kevin Roose, Steve Silberman, Sarah Frier, Mathew Ingram, Azeem Azhar, Nige Willson, Brian Solis, Bob E. Hayes, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
The Atlantic
It’s Not Misinformation. It’s Amplified Propaganda.
The Atlantic
~11 min read · 2021-10-09 · You don’t need fake accounts to spread propaganda online. Real people will happily do it.
Reader View · Shared by 129, including 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨, Mark Little, Amber Mac, Brian Stelter, luis antónio santos, Renee DiResta, mdy, Lessig 🇺🇦, Chris Messina, Jason Hirschhorn, Matt Navarra, Christopher Mims 🤌, 👨🏻💻☕️
MIT Technology Review
How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · 2021-11-20 · The tech giants are paying millions of dollars to the operators of clickbait pages, bankrolling the deterioration of information ecosystems around the world.
Reader View · Shared by 731, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Andrew Hutchinson, Bill Johnston, Harry Briggs 🏳️🌈, Mark Little, Karen K. Ho, Tactical Tech, Nicolas Babin, Gerd Leonhard, Mark Kaigwa, Deborah Blum, Emily M. Bender, Barnaby Skinner, Mathew Ingram, Jeff Atwood, Bjorn Larsen
MIT Sloan School of Management
Study: Digital literacy doesn’t stop the spread of misinformation
MIT Sloan School of Management
2 min read · Jan 5th · According to new research, digital literacy is an important factor in identifying misinformation — but it doesn’t stop people from spreading it.
Reader View · Shared by 150, including Thomas Pleil, Timothy Caulfield, Josep M. Ganyet
Scientific American
How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It
Scientific American
~11 min read · From 2019 · The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth
Reader View · Shared by 138, including Vaughan Bell, Miguel Angel Escotet, luis antónio santos, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, hiten.eth, Debbie Meier ✍️⚖️, Liv 😷, Liliane Ferrari ™, Niklaus Gerber, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Merkstatt, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Gregg Caruso, Lluís Codina, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jennifer Ouellette, Gabriele, Gerrit Eicker
WIRED
The Professors Who Call ‘Bullshit’ on Covid-19 Misinformation
WIRED
3 min read · From 2020 · Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom are policing Twitter feeds, Medium posts, and other sources of bad data and misleading charts.
Shared by 107, including Thomas Power, Tom Connor, Mark Little, MIT Press 🏳️🌈, Christina Farr, luis antónio santos, Carl T. Bergstrom, Jane, Tris Hussey, Daniel Boos
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NBC News
Truthers: A podcast about the dangers of misinformation
NBC News
May 18th · Truthers is a new podcast from NBC News. In the first season, misinformation reporter Brandy Zadrozny takes listeners through the pandemic’s weirdest and most lingering conspiracy theory.
Shared by 66, including Stephanie Booth
The New York Times
The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier
The New York Times
20+ min read · May 25th · A wave of parents has been radicalized by Covid-era misinformation to reject ordinary childhood immunizations — with potentially lethal consequences.
Reader View · Shared by 314, including Chris Fralic, Amesh Adalja, Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD, Bernardo van Olst, Frank Luntz, Timothy Caulfield, Scott Gottlieb, MD, Mark Little, Renee DiResta, Scott McLeod, John Schwartz
Nieman Lab
How science helps fuel a culture of misinformation
Nieman Lab
9 min read · Jun 9th · We tend to blame the glut of disinformation in science on social media and the news, but the problem often starts with the scientific enterprise itself.
Reader View · Shared by 165, including Mark Little, Carrie Brown, Tactical Tech, Timothy Caulfield, ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟, Stephan Woodtli, Nieman Foundation
Business Insider
The Philippines election may tell researchers how misinformation on TikTok could subvert democracies around the world
Business Insider
6 min read · May 9th · As Filipinos head to the polls, researchers worry TikTok disinformation may help elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of a brutal former dictator.
Reader View · Shared by 163
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Vox
“Flood the zone with shit”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy
Vox
10 min read · From 2020 · The impeachment trial probably won’t change any minds. Here’s why.
Reader View · Shared by 108, including Mark Little, Alfie Kohn, luis antónio santos, Nick Lüthi, Jason Stanley, Nolen Gertz, Steve Silberman, Andy Budd, Massimo Pigliucci, Nieman Reports, Jochen Burkhard, Kara Swisher, Mike Troiano, Mathew Ingram, Josep M. Ganyet, Mike Davidson
Lawrence Yeo
Knowledge Is Not a Thing
Lawrence Yeo
~16 min read · From 2018 · What is knowledge? In the age of misinformation, exploring this question is more important than ever.
Shared by 1298, including Cătălina Movileanu, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Mario Clemente, Kamil Ali Kamil, rudolph regter, Chloe Abrasada, Gabriele, Evan (he/him), Phillip Murphy, maxadorno
The New York Times
‘Belonging Is Stronger Than Facts’: The Age of Misinformation
The New York Times
6 min read · 2021-05-07 · Social and psychological forces are combining to make the sharing and believing of misinformation an endemic problem with no easy solution.
Reader View · Shared by 118, including Katja Evertz, Christopher Mims 🤌, Justin Jackson, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Peter Merholz, Massimo Pigliucci, justin caouette, Dr. Saskia Popescu, Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org ☮️, Catherine Rampell, Bill Johnston, Brian Stelter, Scott McLeod, Brendan Nyhan, Andrew Dessler, zeynep tufekci, Sam Harris, Aline Holzwarth
The Washington Post
White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation to Trump
The Washington Post
2020-10-15 · U.S. intelligence agencies believed Russian agents were ‘working’ Trump’s personal lawyer to disseminate misinformation about the Bidens.
Shared by 108, including Joshua Benton, Tadhg, Kara Swisher, Chris Sacca 🇺🇸, Carly, Andrea Kuszewski 🧠, Prof Michael E. Mann, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Mathew Ingram, anildash, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, David Frum, Dr. John Grohol 🇺🇦
The Washington Post
Five points for anger, one for a ‘like’: How Facebook’s formula fostered rage and misinformation
The Washington Post
10 min read · 2021-10-26 · Facebook engineers gave extra value to emoji reactions, including "angry," pushing more emotional and provocative content into users’ news feeds.
Reader View · Shared by 363, including Rich Miner, Augie Ray, Cat Zakrzewski, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Steve Silberman, Andy Budd, Mathew Ingram, Cristina Tardáguila, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., David Meerman Scott, Brian Roemmele, Jon Loomer, Barry Ritholtz, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Bethany Brookshire, Christopher Mims 🤌, Carl T. Bergstrom, Liz Plank, Jessica Valenti
reason
The Demand for Political Misinformation is a Bigger Danger than the Supply
reason
6 min read · Apr 23rd · In recent years, there has been widespread concern that democracy is threatened by the spread of misinformation and "fake news"...
Reader View · Shared by 90, including Mathew Ingram
Gizmodo
Steve Bannon Caught Running a Network of Misinformation Pages on Facebook
Gizmodo
3 min read · 2020-11-10 · Steve Bannon has been outed for his involvement in running a network of misinformation pages on Facebook. Who could have possibly seen this coming.
Reader View · Shared by 87, including Trey Tweets Into the Void, Jennifer Ouellette, Carly, Aral Balkan, 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨, Rebecca (Slatkin) Sloane
TechCrunch
Facebook, Reddit, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube issue joint statement on misinformation
TechCrunch
2 min read · From 2020 · In an unprecedented move to reassure customers and flag the potential for misinformation about COVID-19 on their platforms, all of the major social media companies and their parent corporations issued…
Reader View · Shared by 83, including Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Marsha Collier, Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, Stephanie A Kowalski, Jon Loomer, Jeff Jarvis, Brian Solis
NBC News
Sensitive to claims of bias, Facebook relaxed misinformation rules for conservative pages
NBC News
6 min read · 2020-08-07 · According to internal discussions, Facebook removed "strikes" so that conservative pages were not penalized for violations of misinformation policies.
Reader View · Shared by 80, including Katja Evertz, Carl Zimmer, Stephanie Moulton Sarkis PhD, Dan Gillmor, Bjorn Larsen, Taylor Lorenz @ VidCon, Brendan Nyhan, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Yvette d’Entremont, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Mathew Ingram, Dave McClure, Kevin Roose, Jon Keegan 🇺🇦, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Melissa Fach 🇺🇦, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸, Kelsey D. Atherton
