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In Europe, big tech doesn't set the rules - we do. 🇪🇺 The Digital Markets Act is reshaping how digital platforms operate in order to: ✅ protect users ✅ boost competition ✅ ensure fairness So, what’s happening right now?

submitted 50 days ago • 14 comments

While the White House is firing scientists across the country who research "misinformation," it just released a new Executive Order promoting AI literacy. Ironically, many of the very scientists being dismissed—including myself—were already working on AI literacy. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 58 days ago • 3 comments

A step in the right direction. Hopefully regulation of platforms continues rather than this being the exception.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Tis truly a loony time

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

|| New Publication (Nature Communications) Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation doi.org/10.1038/s414... Press Release www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03... Key Findings * Inoculation works * Effects dissipate * Booster shots remedy this (1/10)

submitted 102 days ago • 5 comments

Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequence theonion.com/wealthy...

submitted 111 days ago • 123 comments

We need the cerulean sweater scene from The Devil Wears Prada, but for science funding.

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

submitted 127 days ago • 535 comments

Our meta-analysis "Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs" is now published at Psychological Bulletin! Please refer to this thread, ResearchGate, and PsyArXiv for details! psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

submitted 127 days ago • 1 comment

This is a real example of where research disinformation completely dwarfs research communication on social media.

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

How politicians communicate shapes online discourse in ways we might overlook. Our new paper shows that their choice between a fact-based (evidence-driven) and a belief-based (sincerity-driven) honesty creates a "contagion" effect, influencing how users engage and respond. ⬇️(1/8)

submitted 135 days ago • 1 comment

Nearly 250,000 people in Berlin showed up to protest fascism and the Musk backed AfD party.

submitted 139 days ago • 493 comments

The commissars have arrived open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

submitted 140 days ago • 2 comments

If you’re looking at what’s happening in the US, seeing Musk considering making massive donations to Reform & trying to subvert our democracy, and are rightly horrified, might I recommend signing this - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 147 days ago • 8 comments

Just put the finishing touches on our article arguing for strong foundational immediate literacy skills for younger children prior to screen use (centered around the teaching practices of an amazing elementary educator) #medialiteracy #media #literacies #edusky #academicsky #acwri

submitted 165 days ago • 2 comments

We don’t talk enough about the importance of standard components in a greener economy. Engineers always say “but our design for battery/connector/module is 2% better than a standard one”, missing the point that it’s far worse for repair, reuse, recycling & minimising extra “stuff”. It’s maddening.

submitted 175 days ago • 31 comments

🚨New preprint is out! 🚨 "Inoculation Theory as a Design Approach To Gamified Misinformation". 🧵🔽 osf.io/preprints/ps... #InoculationTheory #misinformation #socpsyc #design #gamification #learning

submitted 180 days ago • 1 comment

🧵 Turkey or trickery? Can you tell the real bird from the AI-generated version? Test yourself with this thread. 💡 Remember that given how good artificial intelligence is getting, the best strategy for vetting a post you're not sure about is to check the source. #Turkey #ArtificialIntelligence

submitted 208 days ago • 1 comment

Are you interested in political trust but think 'actually, it's a bit more complicated than that'? You'd be right! In a draft paper, we use original data from 13 surveys across 11 countries & 52 focus groups w/ 311 participants in 8 countries, arguing that trust, mistrust, & distrust are distinct:

submitted 207 days ago • 11 comments

Absolutely baffled by this suggested post from X this morning. Never followed or interacted with any right-wing accounts. Same thing happened twice last week as well...

submitted 208 days ago • 1 comment

People share news articles without reading them about 75% of the time according to a new study. People are especially more likely to share articles without clicking on them when they align with their politics. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MisinfoResearch

submitted 209 days ago • 31 comments

Cool preprint creating "supernotes": LLM-generated community notes that synthesise info from several existing notes.

submitted 213 days ago • 1 comment

Very interesting, although it doesn't surprise me most people get science information from social media. So important for academic community to interact with the public on these platforms, especially when research is behind journo paywalls.

submitted 215 days ago • 1 comment

Not sure if many folks have seen this, but super interesting empirical evidence suggesting that X's algorithm was tweaked from mid-July to boost Republican-leaning accounts. Still in pre-print but very interesting and highly worth the read. (@timothyjgraham.bsky.social & Mark Andrejevic)

submitted 216 days ago • 1 comment

What will it mean when the US abandons climate action and leadership on the world stage? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/c...

submitted 222 days ago • 0 comments

Profoundly shattered this morning in the UK. Found it interesting that US on average feel economy is sig worse now than in 2020 (despite statistically being better). I wonder if economic improv' just haven't reached working people, or if #misinformation played a leading role here

submitted 227 days ago • 0 comments

Profoundly shattered this morning in the UK. Found it interesting reading that US on average feel economy is sig worse now than 4 years ago (despite statistically being better). I wonder if economic improvements just haven't reached working people, or if #misinformation played a leading role here

submitted 227 days ago • 0 comments

Was great to be in Nice this week for AHFE 2024, talking #cyber #humanfactors, and how games can make better reflective and memorable security training 🎲 See more: https://openaccess.cms-conferences.org/publications/book/978-1-964867-03-8/article/978-1-964867-03-8_14

submitted 329 days ago • 0 comments

Another year, another @Cyber912_UK! Always an enjoyable event to help organise, bringing cyber policy to the masses from the @bttowerlondon 🏆 A big congrats to the virtual and in-person winners, and a BIG thank you to the judges that volunteered their time. C U next year!

submitted 484 days ago • 0 comments

Here at #DSDS23 with another #betterposter outlining our new work with the disPHISHinformation game. Always a great conference with really interesting talks. And for once, not the only #betterposter here! #AcademicTwitter @mikemorrison

submitted 506 days ago • 0 comments

Here at HCI International 23 in Denmark! Showing off our disinfo' board game longitudinal work. Come visit poster board 121 on Friday morning for a chat. #HCII23 #inoculation #AcademicTwitter

submitted 696 days ago • 0 comments