Articles about "Misinformation"

5 projects take different approaches to promote fact-checking, fight misinformation

Mar. 9, 2012 11:07 am

This week a different kind of hack day took place at the MIT Media Lab.

These gatherings are usually filled with software developers and other technical folks. Wednesday’s hack day had its share of geeks, but there were also social scientists, … Read more

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Visualized: Incorrect information travels farther, faster on Twitter than corrections

Mar. 7, 2012 10:43 am

Many times on Twitter I’ve witnessed what I call The Law of Incorrect Tweets:

Initial, inaccurate information will be retweeted more than any subsequent correction.

The goal should be to make the correction as viral as the mistake. But that’s … Read more

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