Online social networks (OSNs) are rapidly growing and have become a huge source of all
kinds of global and local news for millions of users. However, OSNs are a double-edged …

Policymakers, scholars, and practitioners have all called attention to the issue of
misinformation in the climate change debate. But what is climate change misinformation …

Over the recent years, the growth of online social media has greatly facilitated the way
people communicate with each other. Users of online social media share information …

Recent progress in natural language generation has raised dual-use concerns. While
applications like summarization and translation are positive, the underlying technology also …

Internet and social media have become a widespread, large scale and easy to use platform
for real-time information dissemination. It has become an open stage for discussion …

Low uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in the US has been widely attributed to social media
misinformation. To evaluate this claim, we introduce a framework combining lab experiments …

Based on an extensive literature review, we suggest that 'fake news' alludes to two
dimensions of political communication: the fake news genre (ie the deliberate creation of …

The explosive growth in fake news and its erosion to democracy, justice, and public trust has
increased the demand for fake news detection and intervention. This survey reviews and …

Social media has become a popular means for people to consume and share the news. At
the same time, however, it has also enabled the wide dissemination of fake news, that is …

Misinformation threatens modern society by promoting distrust in science, changing
narratives in public health, heightening social polarization, and disrupting democratic …