Misinformation is one of the key challenges facing society today. User-centered
misinformation interventions as digital countermeasures that exert a direct influence on …

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 …

Since the emergence of so-called fake news on the internet and in social media, platforms
such as Facebook have started to take countermeasures, and researchers have begun …

Struggling to curb misinformation, social media platforms are experimenting with design
interventions to enhance consumption of credible news on their platforms. Some of these …

The fake news “infodemic”, facilitated by social media and mobile message sharing
platforms, has progressed from causing a nuisance to seriously impacting law and order …

How can social media platforms fight the spread of misinformation? One possibility is to use
newsfeed algorithms to downrank content from sources that users rate as untrustworthy. But …

During emergencies, exposure to false information can increase individual vulnerability.
More research is needed on how emergency management institutions understand the …

We designed and developed Fakey, a game to improve news literacy and reduce
misinformation spread by emulating a social media feed. We analyzed player interactions …

Curbing online hate speech has become the need of the hour; however, a blanket ban on
such activities is infeasible for several geopolitical and cultural reasons. To reduce the …

Introduction The rise of social media users and the explosive growth in misinformation
shared across social media platforms have become a serious threat to democratic discourse …