Democracy Depends on Truth! Propaganda has always existed, but the internet has made it viral. Memes travel faster than facts, and people often believe them because they look official. Not long ago, I saw a family member share a vaccine meme. It listed chemicals like formaldehyde, aluminum, fetal cells, and animal products with bright warning […] The post Stop the Spin–Use AI to Fact-Check Memes appeared first on The Core Collaborative.| The Core Collaborative
Au nom du free speech et contre le politiquement correct, Mark Zuckerberg renonce au fact-checking au profit des notes de communauté. Cette décision s’inscrit dans l’histoire de Facebook, mais trahit aussi un certain opportunisme de la part de son fondateur. Nombreux sont ceux qui ont considéré comme normal l’investissement massif de Meta dans le fact-checking depuis 2016. Mark Zuckerberg […] L’article Aux États-Unis, Meta opte pour la modération collective est apparu en p...| La revue européenne des médias et du numérique
How effective are user corrections in combatting misinformation on social media, and does adding a link to a fact check improve their effectiveness? We conducted a pre-registered online experiment on representative samples of the online population in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom (N participants = 3,000, N observations = 24,000). We found that in| Misinformation Review
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg just made his social media network even more unsafe for LGBTQ people.| Erasing 76 Crimes
How Wikipedia’s volunteer community fought back against right-wing extremists trying to rewrite history – and won.| The Better News
Interventions designed to prevent, halt, or reverse non-cisgender experiences are known as conversion therapy. The scientific consensus is that these practices are “pseudoscientific,” and experts o…| TransAdvocate
In this article, I will debunk the five arguments fascists currently use to target transgender people. All fascist movements are predicated upon the myth of categorical purity. Because the material…| TransAdvocate
Dave Chappelle’s cisgender enablers repeatedly assert that anti-trans “jokes” are "just jokes" and not an essential aspect of the dehumanization process. So, let us put cisgender media’s claim to the test. The pushback against supporting the dehumanization of trans people began with a trans employee for Netflix writing, “I work at @Netflix. Yesterday we launched another Chappelle special where he attacks the trans community, and the very validity of transness – all while trying to...| TransAdvocate