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Joshua BentonNovember 1, 2019

Watch your language: “Data voids” on the web have opened a door to manipulators and other disinformation pushers

There’s no easy solution to them, but the media plays an important role in both combating them and making them worse.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 11, 2019

Focus here, not there: These are the gaps in political misinformation research

“Persistent debates about what constitutes ‘fake news’ and distinctions between other types of false information are mostly distracting.” Plus: A guide to covering misinformation without burning your news org or your readers, and a discussion of filter bubbles as not-really-a-thing.

Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 27, 2019

WhatsApp’s message forwarding limits do work (somewhat) to stop the spread of misinformation

Plus: “Newsworthiness” and how politicians are fact-checked on Facebook, and the number of countries with political disinformation campaigns has more than doubled in the past two years.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 17, 2019

This is how an Iranian network created a “disinformation supply chain” to spread fake news

Plus: Whether Americans believe climate change is caused by humans depends on how you ask the question, and WhatsApp clones are getting around some restrictions designed to limit the spread of fake news.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 10, 2019

Black female gun owners, moderate Republicans, and Jewish Americans are among the groups that may be particular targets of misinformation in 2020

Plus: “Passive misinformation” is a problem for The Hill and other mainstream media outlets, and a closer look at some of the research projects Facebook is opening up to.

Laura Hazard OwenMarch 8, 2019

If Facebook goes private, where will the misinformation go?

Plus: YouTube adds fact-checks (in India), and Facebook moves to combat anti-vaxxing after receiving loads of public pressure.

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 22, 2019

While YouTube and Facebook fumble, Pinterest is reducing health misinformation in ways that actually make sense

Plus: Big advertisers ban YouTube (not over vaccines), the National Cancer Institute wonders how to respond to health misinformation, and how to fill a data void.

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 13, 2019

BuzzFeed News and the Toronto Star team up to report on misinformation around the Canadian election

“It appears in our paper, it’s going to appear in BuzzFeed, and vice versa.”

The focus of misinformation debates shifts south

“In complex tinderbox societies, the potential for mis- and disinformation to sow not just social discord but real violence is very clear.” Peter Cunliffe-Jones

Herman Wasserman and Dani Madrid-MoralesNovember 26, 2018

New data suggests African audiences see significantly more misinformation than Americans do

More than a quarter of Kenyans and Nigerians surveyed said they had shared stories that they knew were made up.