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Audio Article: Crowds can wise up to fake news
FromMIT News
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7 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2021
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Description
In the face of grave concerns about misinformation, social media networks and news organizations often employ fact-checkers to sort the real from the false. But fact-checkers can only assess a small portion of the stories floating around online. A new study by MIT researchers suggests an alternate approach: Crowdsourced accuracy judgements from groups of normal readers can be virtually as effective as the work of professional fact-checkers.
Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2021/crowd-source-fact-checking-0901
Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2021/crowd-source-fact-checking-0901
Released:
Sep 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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