Think before you click. That's the advice from Alexander Stewart, Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews, whose research indicates inattentive readers are more likely to click on a false news story, with misinformation content producers exploiting this attention gap.
  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    “We know false news stories can spread more quickly than factual content,” says Alex, "and we know how damaging they can be to public discourse and trust in democratic institutions.

    We absolutely don’t know that. If we did, then the way we’re handling news and information is disastrously insane.

    I agree with it, I’m saying The Powers That Be don’t want us to change anything. It’s been that way since Reagan.

    Fucking Reagan