Taming misinformation

Time-starved internet users are developing strategies to cope with misinformation. Understanding how they do it can shape news coverage moving forward.

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A scandal involving a fake email, two computer cryptographers and a politician is a lesson for all media before India’s run of elections.

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With an election looming and controversial law reform on its way, Indonesia’s government is set to ratchet up its well-oiled propaganda machine.

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Seeing might not be believing going forward as digital technologies make the fight against misinformation even trickier for embattled social media giants.

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Much like the US Capitol riots, Brazil’s violent uprising shows how quickly misinformation can degrade a democracy.

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Misinformation has found a home with conspiracy theorists, some exploiting political divisions and others convinced of its truth.

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Algorithms hugely impact our consumption of news, media and much more but very little is known about how they do it.

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Disinformation is a profitable business, and one of the most effective ways to slow its spread is to take away the advertising money unwittingly funding it.

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Balancing freedom of expression with targeting misinformation is an ongoing challenge, the approaches to tackle it highly variable.

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Google and Facebook are hoping to improve their news algorithms to provide a more balanced view. Media industry initiatives could have the solution they need.

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Misinformation won’t disappear, but teaching the community to spot it can strip the falsehoods of their power.

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