Misinformation or disinformation Archives - Trust and Safety Foundation Project

Addressing Disinformation Through Labeling in Times of Crisis

Summary: A few days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Twitter announced that it would start labeling tweets containing links from Russian state-linked media outlets, noting their affiliation. Additionally, Twitter […]

COVID-19 Around the Globe: The Removal of a Facebook Post About an Argentine Treatment

Summary: In December 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Argentinian government official published a post about the approval of a new Argentinian-developed treatment for COVID-19 to his […]

Misleading information from official sources (2020)

Official source shares misleading news that is reported on, and subsequently shared on social media. Summary: With news breaking so rapidly, it’s possible that even major newspapers or official sources […]

Can an open encyclopedia handle disinformation? (2005)

John Seigenthaler objects to allegations of his involvement in the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy in his Wikipedia entry. Summary: Wikipedia was founded in 2001 and the open encyclopedia […]

Dealing with misinformation in search (2004)

Google search results for “jew” leading to blatantly antisemitic website (Jewwatch). Summary: Google’s biggest early innovation in search was that it used inbound links as a tool for determining the […]

Dealing with misinformation during a pandemic (2020)

Aaron Ginn’s article on Medium downplaying the risks of COVID-19, spreading unintentional misinformation. Summary: In early 2020, with the world trying to figure out how to deal with the COVID-19 […]

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