We evaluate the empirical evidence interrogating the question of whether social media
erodes social cohesion. We look at how networks, information exchange, and norms operate …

Prior work has identified a variety of factors that drive the way people identify and respond to
misinformation. Such factors include confirmation bias, perceived credibility of the …

Identifying successful approaches for reducing the belief and spread of online
misinformation is of great importance. Social media companies currently rely largely on …

The spread of misinformation through media and social networks threatens many aspects of
society, including public health and the state of democracies. A wide range of individual …

The spread of online misinformation threatens public health, democracy, and the broader
society. While professional fact-checkers form the first line of defense by fact-checking …

Misinformation can come directly from public figures and organizations (referred to here as
“elites”). Here, we develop a tool for measuring Twitter users' exposure to misinformation …

Fact-checking is one of the effective solutions in fighting online misinformation. However,
traditional fact-checking is a process requiring scarce expert human resources, and thus …

In response to intense pressure, technology companies have enacted policies to combat
misinformation,,–. The enforcement of these policies has, however, led to technology …

Although misinformation exposure takes place within a social context, significant
conclusions have been drawn about misinformation susceptibility through studies that …

Social media platforms are increasingly deploying complex interventions to help users
detect false news. Labeling false news using techniques that combine crowd-sourcing with …