The New York Times
Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints
9 min · · Using machine learning, separate teams of computer scientists identified the same two men as likely authors of messages that fueled the viral movement. · Shared by 225, including AI, Howard Getson, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Africa Is a Country, Terence Mills, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Hunter Walker, luis antónio santos, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Barry Ritholtz, Renee DiResta, Harold Sinnott, Fabio Chiusi, Craig Brown, PhD, Yves Mulkers, Christopher Mims 🤌, Nicolas Babin, Thomas Fuchs , Paul Graham
The New York Times
Who’s a Bot? Who’s Not?
13+ min · · It sometimes seems that automated bots are taking over social media and driving human discourse. But some (real) researchers aren’t so sure. · Shared by 107, including Mathew Ingram, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Joanna J Bryson, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Paolo Pedercini 🥶, Gary Thomas 🌐, MIT Press, Klaus Eck, Stephanie A Kowalski, Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan.J.Nyhan on 🧵🧵🧵), Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Kara Swisher, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave)
nature
The epic battle against coronavirus misinformation and conspiracy theories
14+ min · · Analysts are tracking false rumours about COVID-19 in hopes of curbing their spread. · Shared by 48, including Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan.J.Nyhan on 🧵🧵🧵), Carl T. Bergstrom, Neuropsychology, Claudia Sommer, Undark Magazine, Carly, Timothy Caulfield, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor
middleweb.com
Why Media Literacy Matters in Science Class
4 min · · by Frank Baker · Published 03/26/2020 “Houston, we have a problem,” reported the Apollo 13 astronauts (more precisely they relayed the distressing phr · Shared by 12, including 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡
MIT Technology Review
Covid hoaxes are using a loophole to stay alive—even after content is deleted
3 min · · Pandemic conspiracy theorists are using the Wayback Machine to promote "zombie content" that avoids content moderators and fact-checkers. · Shared by 25, including Neeraj K Agrawal, Mathew Ingram, Mark Little
The Guardian
From Trump to Erdoğan, men who behave badly make the worst leaders in a pandemic
4 min · · It’s the authoritarians who have mishandled and misjudged the Covid-19 crisis · Shared by 23, including Felix M, Arin Basu
Al Jazeera English
Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World
· Inside Bellingcat, a news verification group using cutting-edge digital research and crowdsourcing to combat fake news. · Shared by 17, including Daniel, Jay Rosen, Mathew Ingram, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor
Nieman Reports
What Role Should Newsrooms Play in Debunking COVID-19 Misinformation?
4 min · · When conspiracy theories—including those about the coronavirus—pass a tipping point, newsrooms working collectively to push out strong debunks can slow the spread of myths and misinformation · Shared by 19, including Mathew Ingram, Timothy Caulfield, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Mark Little
youtube.com
The Liar Tweets Tonight
· by Roy Zimmerman and The ReZisters, featuring Sandy Riccardi. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” words and music by Solomon Linda. Parody lyrics by Ede Morris, Roy Zi... · Shared by 86, including Ray Monk, Nils Hitze, Daniel Dennett, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Liv 😷, Christina, Carolyn Porco, George J Huba PhD, Christian P. Stobbe, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Melissa Silverstein
The Atlantic
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
Summary · 20+ min · · A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend · Shared by 837, including Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Jay Rosen, Mathew Ingram, Steve Silberman, Eric Topol, Ethan Marcotte, Carl T. Bergstrom, zeynep tufekci, Virginia Hughes, Maarten Lambrechts @maarten@vis.social, Jennifer Ouellette, Timothy Caulfield, Bill Hanage, Christopher Allen, Jo Wolff, Marc Abrahams, David Wallace-Wells, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy
The Washington Post
Analysis | How false hope spread about hydroxychloroquine to treat covid-19 — and the consequences that followed
· President Trump earns Four Pinocchios for seizing on Internet speculation to promote a drug of unproven merit in combatting covid-19. · Shared by 27, including Daniel Kraft, MD, Patricia Churchland, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Mark Little
The Guardian
The election in the media: against evasion and lies, good journalism is all we have
4 min · · Show captionBoris Johnson’s stunt with a polystyrene wall and a slogan draped digger was obligingly used by newspapers during the campaign. Photograph: POOL/ReutersPolitical manipulators in the UK… · Shared by 10
WIRED
The Influencer Scientists Debunking Online Misinformation
3 min · · A lot of the hacks and diets on social media are bogus, or even dangerous. These fact-checkers are using YouTube and Instagram to battle bad info. · Shared by 129, including Matt Navarra, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Stephanie A Kowalski, Mathew Ingram, Josep M. Ganyet, Mark Little, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, RebelMouse, Maurizio Tondolo, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu
projetocomprova.com.br
Bolsa Família terá 13º, mas não aumento; programa ainda exige presença na escola
6 min · · É enganoso um tuíte que circula com informações sobre o andamento do programa Bolsa Família na administração de Jair Bolsonaro. Não é verdade que o governo manipula dados para dizer que haverá 13º…
projetocomprova.com.br
Uso de trem de “dois andares” no Brasil não tem relação com o governo Bolsonaro
7 min · · Post que viralizou no Facebook usa vídeo real para estabelecer relação enganosa entre um investimento feito por empresa privada com ações do governo federal