"The researchers explained that the vast majority—up to 82%—of the links to #falseinformation in the dataset originated from #conservative news domains."

#Socialmedia users probably won't read beyond this headline, researchers say
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-social-media-users-wont-headline.html

#socialmedia
#BehaviouralPsychology
#research
#disinformation
#misinformation
#confirmationbias
#criticalthinking
#fakenews

I am for #FreeSpeech, but there also has to be some checks and balances to prevent harassment and protection of minorities and individuals. #FalseInformation has become a huge problem

This is impossible to perfect, but must be done anyway. #X is neglecting this, and the CEO is publicly pushing his political bias and promoting false news.

X has become race to the bottom.

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-x-elon-musk-shutdown-moraes-supreme-court-twitter-70fdaeef282e1ac7d649b99cf8241b42

Misinformation and disinformation is extremely harmful to the American public, as shown by a citizen immolating himself outside the courthouse where the Trump trial is going on.

I don't care if they're saying it wasn't motivated by the trial, the fact is that a person was so affected by misinformation that they felt like they had to burn themselves.

Disturbing, especially when there are far too many people in the world who believe anything that they see or hear without using any discernment.

https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2023/11/16/why-artificial-intelligences-are-full-of-prejudice.html