“When brands stop advertising on misinformation sites and instead advertise on quality news sites, their CPM price for ads goes down and engagement with their ads goes up.” Gordon Crovitz
“It is only by ignoring the torrent of low-quality information that people can focus on applying critical search skills to the remaining now-manageable pool of potentially relevant information.”
Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden and Stephan LewandowskyAugust 25, 2022
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.
“One of our approaches here is thinking if we manage [to get] platforms and the companies to put attention into Spanish-language misinformation in the U.S., that is going to benefit our regions in the long term.”
“In instances when content touches on sensitive topics but does not cross the threshold which would require removal under our Platform Rules, we may take steps to restrict and limit its reach.”
A new beta version would add significant friction to forwarding messages more than once — the latest in a line of structural changes meant to reduce how often misinformation goes viral.
Researchers at Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub and ProPublica identified more than a dozen videos that purport to debunk apparently nonexistent Ukrainian fakes.
Silverman and Jeff Kao, ProPublica, Craig. "In the Ukraine conflict, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Mar. 2022. Web. 20 Oct. 2024.
APA
Silverman and Jeff Kao, ProPublica, C. (2022, Mar. 10). In the Ukraine conflict, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 20, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/03/in-the-ukraine-conflict-fake-fact-checks-are-being-used-to-spread-disinformation/
Chicago
Silverman and Jeff Kao, ProPublica, Craig. "In the Ukraine conflict, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 10, 2022. Accessed October 20, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/03/in-the-ukraine-conflict-fake-fact-checks-are-being-used-to-spread-disinformation/.
Wikipedia
{{cite web
| url = https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/03/in-the-ukraine-conflict-fake-fact-checks-are-being-used-to-spread-disinformation/
| title = In the Ukraine conflict, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation
| last = Silverman and Jeff Kao, ProPublica
| first = Craig
| work = [[Nieman Journalism Lab]]
| date = 10 March 2022
| accessdate = 20 October 2024
| ref = {{harvid|Silverman and Jeff Kao, ProPublica|2022}}
}}
