false information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to mislead: In the chaotic hours after the earthquake, a lot of misinformation was reported in the news.
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Over the years, QAnon has demonstrated some of the dangers of letting misinformation flourish online.
Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead.|Abby Ohlheiser|August 26, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Content from 10 websites spreading health misinformation received almost four times as many estimated views on Facebook as content from 10 reliable sources, such as the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health misinformation pages got half a billion views on Facebook in April|Charlotte Jee|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
During the 2018 presidential election that brought Bolsonaro into office, WhatsApp became a platform for widespread misinformation, most of it favoring Bolsonaro, according to an analysis by the Guardian.
Brazil is sliding into techno-authoritarianism|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Consumers are becoming more and more aware of the dangers of misinformation and bias on the web.
SEO in the second half of 2020: Five search opportunities to act on now|Jim Yu|August 17, 2020|Search Engine Watch
In its own blog post, the lab focused on the AI tool’s potential to be weaponized as a mass producer of misinformation.
A college kid’s fake, AI-generated blog fooled tens of thousands. This is how he made it.|Karen Hao|August 14, 2020|MIT Technology Review
(Referenda tend to be expensive, rife with misinformation, and favorable to extreme positions).
Is It Time to Take a Chance on Random Representatives?|Michael Schulson|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Back then, mystery and misinformation were the coins of the realm.
Digging the Gold in Dylan’s ‘Basement’|Malcolm Jones|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We apologize for any misinformation that may have been shared with students.
Ebola Racism Reaches a New Low in Texas|Abby Haglage|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the eyes of Barmmy, distrust of the medical world runs deeper than misinformation alone.
Courageous Filmmakers Are Fighting Ebola On Screen|Abby Haglage|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But so much of the backlash against the Common Core is built on misinformation.
The Incredibly Stupid War on the Common Core|Charles Upton Sahm|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just as I was dozing, a Misinformation Bird, who was jealous of me, sneaked up and cut the chain.
Half-Hours with Jimmieboy|John Kendrick Bangs
He could start by getting rid of some of his misinformation.
Deathworld|Harry Harrison
Well, that still doesn't justify my ignorance or misinformation.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Such men have their uses, until they know they are suspected, as valuable channels of misinformation.
Pan-Islam|George Wyman Bury
Even their attendants are supplied with this particular bit of misinformation.
Lion Loose|James H. Schmitz
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