In the Media

A CSMaP study found that giving Twitter users "suspension warnings" seriously reduced the amount of hate speech that the users used on the platform.

A CSMaP study found that users who received suspension warnings generally declined their racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise prohibited language on the platform by 10 percent.

A CSMaP study found that personalized warnings alerting Twitter users to the consequences of their behavior, reduced the amount of tweets with hateful language.

A CSMaP study tested different ways to limit hate speech on platforms like Twitter, and found that just sending users suspension warnings about their behavior, greatly limited the amount of hate speech from those accounts.

Joshua A. Tucker discusses how a void of information can help lead to misinformation.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about Twitter's new approach to fact-checking and whether research backs up its effectiveness.

A CSMaP study found that lawmakers whose tweets cause the most outrage online, received the most amount of interactions with their tweets by other users -- mostly in the form of "dunking".

Zeve Sanderson talks about how quickly the media environment norms and standards change. He also discusses the new possibilities tech companies have with the metaverse.

Zeve Sanderson discusses the attention that platforms, like YouTube, received after trying to institute content moderation policies.

A CSMaP study found a significant rise in election fraud YouTube videos shared on Twitter immediately following the Nov. 3 election.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about the power of name recognition and its ability to help celebrity politicians to succeed.

A CSMaP study found that Trump’s messages that were labeled for misinformation by Twitter spread further than tweets that receive no intervention at all. 

A CSMaP study found that tweets flagged for misinformation on Twitter, still spread on Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit.

Zeve Sanderson talks about a CSMaP study that found that misinformation flagged on one platform, continues to spread on other ones through screenshots and other posts.

A new CSMaP study found that Trump tweets, either blocked or labeled as false on Twitter, still spread on other platforms -- sometimes out performing tweets with no flags.

A CSMaP study found that it's unlikely that social media is the main driver of polarization, however, it's often a key facilitator.

Jonathan Nagler discusses a recent Yale paper that found that social media platforms like Twitter, amplify our collective moral outrage.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about sensitivity filters getting better over time, making it unclear how Instagram's new policy will affect the majority of its users.

Joshua A. Tucker and Kevin Aslett discuss how Googling fake news can actually increase one's belief in it.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about how people are generally not good at spotting fake news, and how the COVID-19 and vaccine rollout further hindered people's ability to spot misinformation online.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about how countries can prevent false information from derailing societies.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about the city's low voter turnout and the difference in voter participation between local and presidential elections in the US.

A CSMaP research paper talks about the use of Facebook in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the complex social dynamics that are intertwined.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about the rise of "the big lie" and how this creates a situation where the process of ceding power becomes more difficult for the right.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about Facebook's affirmation to maintain Trump's suspension from the platform and the growing criticism from conservatives.