Encouraging Critical Thinking Encouraging critical thinking and skepticism is vital in curbing the spread of misinformation.

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Despite some improvements made by Facebook in creating a safe online environment, it is not possible to speak of a general ...

Correction orders against misinformation are issued in the 'public interest' under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and ...

Most studies focus on specific linguistic or cultural contexts, limiting their applicability to broader misinformation trends. Comparative corpus analysis ... Additionally, Telegram channel links were ...

As viral trends on Instagram and YouTube push ... frequently used platforms for spreading nutrition-related misinformation, whereas Facebook (18.75%), X (10.72%), and TikTok (5.13%) are the ...

Facebook is deploying “break glass” measures to restrict the flow of election misinformation as civil ... increase in “violence and incitement trends,” meaning hashtags and search terms ...

According to Google Trends, related searches like “how to delete all photos facebook,” “alternative ... policies into place after years of misinformation and violent speech proliferating ...

The study also found similar trends in other data sets from X, Facebook and surveys from 16 countries from 2016 to 2023. “Thus, even under politically neutral anti-misinformation polices ...

Fleming: Well, we study the disinformation trends and we ... the changes to Facebook’s feed were introduced in November 2020 specifically to help combat misinformation during this crucial ...

Amelia Johns receives funding from the Australia Research Council and the Defence Innovation Network. She has previously received funding from Meta's content policy award. Francesco Bailo receives ...