In the Media
CSMaP informs public discourse in the digital age. See a selection of news stories citing our experts.
Media Inquiries
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TIME: What Meta’s Latest Takedown of Fake Foreign Accounts Could Mean for the U.S. Midterms
Joshua A. Tucker discusses Meta's takedown of a foreign influence network.
September 28, 2022
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Financial Times: From ‘The Sopranos’ to Snooki: how John Fetterman conquered social media
Maggie Macdonald explains how John Fetterman's innovative use of social media has helped his Senate campaign.
September 27, 2022
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NY1: Views to votes: Candidates employ TikTok to spread political message ahead of midterms
Maggie Macdonald explains why politicians may or may not use TikTok.
September 22, 2022
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NPR: Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough.
Zeve Sanderson discusses social media platform policies leading up to the 2022 midterms.
September 12, 2022
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NBC News: YouTube pushed Trump supporters toward voter fraud videos, study finds
James Bisbee discusses our latest paper on how YouTube recommended fraud videos to election skeptics.
September 1, 2022
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The Verge: YouTube’s recommendations pushed election denial content to election deniers
James Bisbee discusses our latest paper on how YouTube recommended fraud videos to election skeptics.
September 1, 2022
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The New York Times: To Fight Election Falsehoods, Social Media Companies Ready a Familiar Playbook
Zeve Sanderson talks about how lack of data access could make it hard to understand the impact of disinformation in the midterms, particularly on TikTok.
August 23, 2022
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The Washington Post: In new election, Big Tech uses old strategies to fight 'big lie’
Joshua A. Tucker discusses social media content moderation strategy ahead of the 2022 midterms.
August 20, 2022
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Associated Press: Anti-vax group in Europe thrives online, thwarts tech effort
Joshua A. Tucker talks about the balancing act between moderating harmful content and protecting free expression.
August 19, 2022
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TIME: Social Media Companies Like TikTok Hope to Fight Election Misinformation. Experts Say Their Plans Aren’t Enough.
Zeve Sanderson discusses how social media platforms plan to handle election misinformation in the upcoming midterms.
August 18, 2022
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Associated Press: Trolling along: Fetterman going big on social media vs. Oz
Postdoc Maggie Macdonald discusses Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman's successful use of social media to campaign.
July 30, 2022
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Newsy: Social Platforms Are Unprepared For Election Misinformation
Zeve Sanderson describes why the rise of social media video content presents a major challenge for platforms trying to moderate misinformation during the 2022 midterms.
July 20, 2022
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Poynter: Should reporter safety trump open contact details for newsrooms?
In article about online safety for journalists cites a CSMaP analysis about toxic speech on Twitter.
July 7, 2022
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Fast Company: Inside the good, bad, and very ugly of social media algorithms
Joshua A. Tucker discusses social media algorithms, regulation, and data access.
June 24, 2022
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Bloomberg: Meta Pulls Support for Tool Used to Keep Misinformation in Check
Cody Buntain, a Faculty Research Affiliate, expresses concern about the future of Facebook's CrowdTangle tool.
June 23, 2022
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TIME: Trump's Social Platform Is Still Floundering Despite Boost from Jan. 6 Hearings
Jonathan Nagler discusses why Trump's social network isn't having much of an impact in our political discourse.
June 16, 2022
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The New Yorker: How Harmful is Social Media?
The New Yorker cites a CSMaP study in a story analyzing research on social media and democracy.
June 3, 2022
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Creative Control: Social media regulation needs to happen—but how?
Joshua A. Tucker joins a Fast Company podcast to discuss social media transparency and data access.
May 26, 2022
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Intel on AI: AI, Social Media, and Political Influence
In this episode of Intel on AI, host Amir Khosrowshahi talks with Joshua A. Tucker about using artificial intelligence to study the influence social media has on politics.
May 25, 2022
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The Washington Post: The midterms are here. Critics say Facebook is already behind
Joshua A. Tucker discusses the disinformation problems we'll face in the 2022 election.
May 19, 2022
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Politico: Elon Musk could soon have a Trump-sized headache
Joshua A. Tucker talks about Elon Musk's continued waffling on what he would do with Twitter.
May 13, 2022
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Nieman Lab: Do browser extensions keep anyone away from fake news sites? Maybe a tiny bit
Kevin Aslett and Andy Guess discuss their new study on source credibility labels.
May 11, 2022
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Tech Policy Press: Researchers Query Misinformation and Interventions to Address It
A roundup of recent misinformation research, including our paper on news credibility labels.
May 10, 2022
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Popular Science: The biggest consumers of fake news may benefit from this one tech intervention
Kevin Aslett discusses findings from our study on the efficacy of source credibility labels.
May 9, 2022
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Protocol: Labeling junk news sites doesn't steer away most readers
Coverage of our paper on the impact of news source credibility labels.
May 6, 2022