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Christine SchmidtSeptember 19, 2018

How France beat back information manipulation (and how other democracies might do the same)

“French success resulted from a combination of structural factors, luck, as well as the effective anticipation and reaction of the Macron campaign staff, the government, and civil society, especially the mainstream media.”

Julie Posetti and Cherilyn IretonSeptember 14, 2018

Fighting back against ~~fake news~~: A new UN handbook aims to explain (and resist) our current information disorder

“Journalists can be direct victims of disinformation campaigns, but they are also pushing back.”

Christine SchmidtAugust 15, 2018

Democracy is cracking and platforms are no help. What can we do about it? Some policy suggestions

Here are a few in a new Canadian report: greater transparency requirements for digital news publishers, holding social media companies legally liable for the content on their platforms, and mandatory independent audits for platform algorithms.

Laura Hazard OwenJuly 13, 2018

Facebook might downrank the most vile conspiracy theories. But it won’t take them down.

Plus: (Some) researchers can now get access to (some) Facebook data, WhatsApp is funding misinformation research too, and susceptibility to fake news may have more to do with laziness than partisanship.

Mark FrankelJuly 10, 2018

The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide

News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.

With a registry for news sites and fines for “fake news,” Cambodia’s press freedom slides further

Laura Hazard OwenJune 29, 2018

Americans may appreciate knowing when a news story is suspect, but more than a third will share that story anyway

Plus: Facebook fights fake news in Mexico ahead of the election, and a large majority of Republicans believe that social media platforms are censoring some political views.

Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia and Filippo MenczerJune 20, 2018

These are the three types of bias that explain all the fake news, pseudoscience, and other junk in your News Feed

Indiana University researchers “have found that steep competition for users’ limited attention means that some ideas go viral despite their low quality — even when people prefer to share high-quality content.”

Laura Hazard OwenJune 8, 2018

Zika rumors got three times more shares than real Zika stories. What can health educators do?

Plus: Qatari bots, Swedish pamphlets, and French laws.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 25, 2018

Is your fake news about immigrants or politicians? It all depends on where you live

Plus: Facebook is accepting proposals for fake news research, and fake news was growing as a topic of media discussion even before the U.S. presidential election.