#Misinformation

David G. Rand

DG_Rand

Working paper alert!"Scaling up fact-checking using the wisdom of crowds"We find that 10 laypeople rating just headlines match performance of professional fact-checkers researching full articles- using set of URLs flagged

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bokutoppai

anitwt is just as bad as anitiktokthere's only less art repost here, but what then?u will harass someone for literally anything, WITHOUT even checking if they really did something, u

Bewildered Hob Nob

PippinDrill

I am seeing a lot of scare stories and tweets about DNRs and I think there might be a lot of misinformation about what DNRs are and entail. I have

Madeline Peltz

peltzmadeline

Meet the new @FDAspox. A veteran of pro-Trump propaganda outlet OAN, she lacks a basic understanding of COVID-19, spreads misinformation about the virus, and repeats pro-Trump talking points.https://www.mediamatters.org/emily-miller/new-fda

Tea Sesh 🍵◢ ◤

TeaSeshYT

Don’t trust the CDC. Last week they said that masks don’t help a but now they’re saying that mask do help. They just didn’t want to admit that they weren’t

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EvelKneidel

To my non-Jewish Black friends. You don’t need to worry too much about Nick Cannon. His ignorance cannot be separated from systems and structures that erase history, spread misinformation and

Steph Herold

StephHerold

Very glad to see @people publish an article about medication abortion, yet perplexed & disappointed to see so much misinformation and stigma in it! https://people.com/health/abortion-pill-what-to-know/A thread. Dr. Mary Jane Minkin

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Unqualified self-promoters jumped to exploit the inherent uncertainty in scientific research to pretend at prophecy, that scientists were wrong and they were right because they plowed ahead, unhindered by uncertainty,

April

ReignOfApril

Good morning! Stop responding to bots/trolls. Quick #thread example. In response to a tweet about LeBron reading Malcolm X, this “guy” says this. Now, before I respond to something obviously

arson | #sparktwt

arsonface

lets talk about this, a short thread.non-lesbians rt. the picture shows a lesbian pride flag, with the description of a lesbian being "Lesbian, Women who are primarily attracted romantically, erotically,

Coda Story

CodaStory

It looks like @Facebook has removed a number of anti-5G conspiracy groups from its platform. At least three influential anti-5G Facebook groups have been taken down since Friday, including Stop5G

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daiseikoumelo

just from the first twt i could tell it’s from someone who doesn’t live in jp and is only regurgitating from other sources lol and yep i was right

Matt Shiv

shivvy

Apparently #KeepTexasRed is trending today. The last gasp of a desperate and pathetic group of people upset that they are becoming a minority and that their money can't save them.

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Jedisk8r92

Here’s the thing about incels: they’re not just limited to fandoms. As a matter a fact they have their own community disturbingly, and the thing about incels is they could

Shuba-(Doesn't Understand Ellipsis)-Pro-Bartum

probartum

The people quote tweeting this are more terrifying than the original poster....I had a feeling this might happen way back when they first announced they'd 'correct' tweets. All it was

Sarah Mackie

lumi_1984

The irony of a counter-fake news team battling its own misinformation campaign.https://twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/1252364478357766145 For anyone wondering what's going on at the moment, this thread will bring you up to speed:https://twitter.co