Complex networks are ubiquitous: a cell, the human brain, a group of people and the
Internet are all examples of interconnected many-body systems characterized by …

If popular online platforms systematically expose their users to partisan and unreliable news,
they could potentially contribute to societal issues such as rising political polarization,. This …

The recent emergence of machine-manipulated media raises an important societal question:
How can we know whether a video that we watch is real or fake? In two online studies with …

Current interventions to combat misinformation, including fact-checking, media literacy tips
and media coverage of misinformation, may have unintended consequences for democracy …

In the last decade there has been a proliferation of research on misinformation. One
important aspect of this work that receives less attention than it should is exactly why …

Commentators say we have entered a “post-truth” era. As political lies and “fake news”
flourish, citizens appear not only to believe misinformation, but also to condone …

We tested a hypothesis that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online, examining
generalizability across multiple platforms, time periods, and classifications of misinformation …

Science misinformation on topics ranging from climate change to vaccines have significant
public policy repercussions. Artificial intelligence-based methods of altering videos and …

Electoral disinformation is feared to variously undermine democratic trust by inflaming
incorrect negative beliefs about the fairness of elections, or to shore up dictators by creating …

This study addresses the phenomenon of misinformation about misinformation, or politicians
“crying wolf” over fake news. Strategic and false claims that stories are fake news or …