Jonathan Nagler

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Twitter's Jack Dorsey, left, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. (Andrew Harrer/Source: Bloomberg)

Recently, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on misinformation and the 2020 election. Republicans and Democrats alike grilled the pair for more than four hours, especially on how they moderate what can be shared on their platforms and how they enforce policy violations.

Senators especially asked Dorsey about Twitter’s decision to label President Trump’s tweets as false or misleading. Republicans accused Twitter of bias against conservatives, while Democrats blamed it for allowing misinformation’s spread online.

What did Twitter do — and did its efforts successfully stop misinformation from spreading? We investigated — and found that while blocking tweets from spreading was successful, tweets with warning labels continued to spread, although less on average than tweets without warning labels.…  Seguir leyendo »

Paramedics wheel a patient wearing a breathing apparatus into the emergency room at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The city continues to see rising numbers of new coronavirus cases. (John Minchillo)

Fake news makes up a relatively small portion of Americans’ news consumption, research has shown. Throughout 2016, the vast majority of U.S. Facebook users did not share any fake news articles. In the month leading up to the election, fake news sources only made up roughly 1 percent of the average Twitter user’s political news on the platform.

In 2020, however, even small amounts of fake news about coronavirus can have dire consequences. The current public health crisis requires the coordinated actions of individuals — maintaining social distance, buying reasonable quantities of food and supplies, and following the latest medical advice rather than bogus cures.…  Seguir leyendo »