OI Canadian
A new study reveals how communities embedded in the Facebook social network were already intertwined with groups opposing science-based best practices, even before the advent of COVID-19 vaccines.
Losing The Battle Over Best-Science Guidance Early In A Crisis
Verve Times
A new study reveals how Facebook communities were already intertwined with groups opposing best-science guidance long before COVID-19 vaccines
Losing the battle over best-science guidance early in a crisis
Phys.org
A new study reveals how Facebook communities were already intertwined with groups opposing best-science guidance long before COVID-19 vaccines
Losing the battle for the best scientific support in a crisis tomorrow
Aus Der Welt
A new study shows how Facebook communities were already intertwined with groups opposed to best science guidelines before COVID-19 vaccines.
Why we’re fascinated by fake news
El Pais
Several investigations identify the brain mechanisms that make us share hoaxes and a “vaccine” to prevent them
Losing the Battle for Hearts and Minds Early in a Crisis
Newswise
New study reveals how mainstream Facebook communities were already heavily intertwined with groups opposing best-science guidance long before COVID-19 vaccines arrived.
Russian media drives online hate
Axios
There is a clear and growing link between Russian propaganda and online far-right extremism globally, according to a new study from researchers at the George Washington University.
Facebook Parenting Groups Are The New Target For Extremist Misinformation
Forbes
Any parent knows that Facebook mom groups are a confusing mix of support, criticism and downright bad advice. But they were still mainstream communities where parents could find connection around what can often be the lonely job of raising kids.
What the Boogaloo Bois and ISIS Have in Common
As QAnon Conspiracy Theories Draw New Believers, Scientists Take Aim at Misinformation Pandemic
Newsweek
The first three “nodes” of the conspiracy-theory network known as QAnon arose in 2018 in the persons of founders Tracy Diaz, Paul Furber and Coleman Rogers. They had figured out how to profit from promoting the posts of “Q,” a mysterious figure claiming to have inside information on a mass arrest, undertaken with the blessing of Donald Trump, that nabbed Hillary Clinton and others for running a pedophile ring.