Ep. 4: Solutions to Misinformation

This episode examines the challenges in preventing the spread of misinformation and disinformation online. We hear from journalists, fact checkers and civil rights advocates on their work and how misinformation can lead to real world harm. 

An increasing problem in our digital era is losing friends or family to conspiracy rabbit holes. How should you deal with this? This episode explores how to use empathy as a tool in talking to a friend who is going down the conspiracy rabbit hole. 

Exploring the basics of misinformation: the differences between dis and misinformation, motivations in spreading false information online and the psychology behind why we unwittingly share it. Also in this episode, we explore what to do before sharing news that might be false as ... Show More

Fake news: It’s everywhere. But Google’s Jigsaw team is using data to tackle the problem head-on. -- This program is produced by Mission.org and brought to you by Splunk, the Data-to-Everything Platform. Splunk helps organizations worldwide turn data into doing. With solutions fo ... Show More

This episode features two segments on the subject of disinformation. In the first, Rebecca Rand speaks with Dr. Shelby Grossman, a research scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory, on recent research that looks at whether AI can write persuasive propaganda. In the second seg ... Show More

In the latest episode of Nature hits the books, psychologist Sander van der Linden joins us to discuss his new book Foolproof, which focuses on misinformation and what can be done to prevent people being duped, particularly by the falsehoods found online.We discuss how misinforma ... Show More

Nina Jankowicz, former Director of DHS Disinformation Governance Board, joins to reveal how the the latest trends in disinformation are becoming harder to solve. Then, Melissa Bell on how to reestablish trust in American media and how to find the line between informing while not ... Show More

BBC disinformation reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh talks to Tech Life about the spread of false information online during times of conflict, and how he verifies social media posts. An expert on electric cars answers your questions about EVs. We send our reporter out to sea to find o ... Show More

News episode, Jason covers CrowdTangle's data headache (01:56), how the White House wants to crack down on social media misinformation (13:34), Florida Gov. DeSantis proposal for providing internet to Cuba (17:17), a $1B fund for creators (21:32), our Tether investigation (25:07) ... Show More

These days, it’s not so easy to tell what’s true and what’s false on the internet. From trolls to Russian bots, there are a lot of tools being used to destabilize U.S. elections - and they are counting on regular Americans to click and share their false information. In this episo ... Show More

Verge reporter Adi Robertson talks to Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel about how to spot lies, false information, and trolling online and how to handle it as a user on the internet. Adi just published a guide on The Verge that details a system for slowing down and thinking about ... Show More