In the Media

A recent report on TikTok content highlights the need for the platform to grant data access to independent researchers, Joshua A. Tucker told The New York Times.

Kevin Aslett, Zeve Sanderson, and Joshua A. Tucker spoke to Vice about how verifying information using online search engines can actually increase belief in misinformation.

Co-authors Kevin Aslett & Zeve Sanderson spoke to Scientific American about their research on the role search engines play in the spread and belief of misinformation. 

Data voids in search engines can make individuals more likely to believe misinformation from low-quality news sources, Kevin Aslett told Forbes.

Using search engines to fact check misinformation can increase its perceived veracity, according to a new CSMaP study published in Nature.

Zeve Sanderson spoke to ABC News about the potential impact of Meta's decision to allow political ads on Facebook & Instagram that include false claims about the US 2020 election.

Megan A. Brown spoke to The New York Times about how platform guardrails against data access make it even harder to understand the impact of inflammatory and false content during conflicts.

Barriers to data access for researchers are limiting our understanding of how misinformation is affecting our information environment, Zeve Sanderson told NBC News.

Straddling the line between moderating content while allowing information to spread in real time is difficult even when platforms can plan in advance. It's even harder when there's a surprise terrorist attack, Solomon Messing told Reuters.

Jonathan Nagler spoke to AFP about the role that the press and other traditional media outlets play in the circulation of disinformation.

Joshua A. Tucker joined The Lawfare Podcast's series on the information ecosystem to discuss findings from and implications of a recent collaboration between Meta and independent researchers to study Facebook & Instagram's roles in the 2020 elections.

A new advisory from the Surgeon General has rekindled an ongoing discussion around social media and mental health. Zeve Sanderson talked to ABC News about why data sharing for researchers is crucial to making informed policy decisions.

Zeve Sanderson spoke to PolitiFact about platform moderation policies, monetization, and why false and misleading content spreads on YouTube.

This deep dive into the overlooked, and over-hyped, risks of AI cites a 2023 CSMaP paper studying exposure to Russian bots on Twitter as well as the recently published studies from a collaboration with Meta co-led by Joshua A. Tucker.

Sol Messing discusses the implications of a recent decision by X, formerly Twitter, to allow political advertising back on their platform.

Following Donald Trump's return to Twitter, now X, Joshua A. Tucker spoke to Newsweek about how this move might affect the future of Truth Social.

In a conversation about the relationship between algorithms and political polarization, project co-lead Joshua A. Tucker dives into findings from four papers published in Science and Nature.

Joshua A. Tucker and Jennifer Pan break down the complicated findings from their research on Facebook and Instagram during the US 2020 election.

Following the release of the first four US 2020 Election Instagram & Facebook research studies, Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel write that there is "no silver bullet to fixing the platforms."

Joshua A. Tucker spoke to NPR about how Facebook's algorithm influences ideological filter bubbles on the platform.

Joshua A. Tucker tells The Washington Post about the influence that algorithms have in shaping users' experiences online.

Joshua A. Tucker speaks to Bloomberg about why independent data access is essential to understanding the spread of harmful content online.

Sol Messing discusses Meta's "friendly" approach to Threads and the relationship between social media and political participation.

Although Titanic conspiracy theories on TikTok may seem harmless, they contribute to a longer-term erosion of the truth, says Megan A. Brown.

Zeve Sanderson explains how a new bill could dramatically lower the barriers researchers face in accessing social media data.