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I look forward to talking to the Skeptic Community this evening about Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation for Skeptical Inquirer presents. Tune in here! skepticalinquirer.org/video/psycho...

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This Thursday at 7 pm ET, I will be hosting @profsanderlinden.bsky.social for Skeptical Inquirer Presents on "Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation." It is free, online, and very timely. Register at the link below. skepticalinquirer.org/video/psycho...

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A former Cambridge graduate student died of cancer because her mother peddled conspiracy theories and misinformation that led her to refuse life-saving medical treatment. Misinformation can kill you, especially if it comes from the people you're supposed to trust. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Did a Q&A for @cellpress.bsky.social about trust in (climate) science, political polarization, and what evidence-based strategies scientists can take amidst political attacks on climate and sustainability science! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @cp-oneearth.bsky.social

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Reading @profsanderlinden.bsky.social’s The psychology of misinformation, it is definitely a must-read!

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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays. Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process is how they learn. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

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I'm developing a new grad course for this fall on #InformationIntegrity and am previewing several books for consideration. First up: The Psychology of Misinformation by Jon Roozenbeek and @profsanderlinden.bsky.social. I’m only on the prologue, but I already have a question...

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Just received this in the mail. For those who don't know 'Homeland', they are a far-right Nazi fascist group who endorse white genocide conspiracy theories and ethnic cleansing in the UK. Pro tip: don't trust pie charts that don't have any numbers on them! Clear visual manipulation technique.

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The neuroscience of misinformation and ways to counter it www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

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New paper: A short position piece that @profsanderlinden.bsky.social and I wrote, laying out some ways that neuroscience can inform our understanding of how people process misinformation. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lG3e3BtfH...

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New paper out in Neuron today with the great @indecisionwins.bsky.social. We call upon neuroscientists of all stripes to work on the neuroscience of misinformation: what makes the brain susceptible, how does it spread, & how can we optimize interventions? 👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lG3e3BtfH...

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Very cool implementation of inoculation against misinfo in AI "AI models should be fine-tuned on small, quarantined sets of explicitly labeled falsehoods as a “vaccine” against misinformation...immunized models generate substantially less misinformation than baselines" arxiv.org/pdf/2505.17870

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My latest column in Science went up yesterday doi.org/10.1126/scie... . I argue that “Knowledge is power”—or at least it was when Sir Francis Bacon coined this phrase in the 16th century. 1/n

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Honored to see Misguided getting early support from one of the leading psychologists studying misinformation and prebunking. Huge thanks for the kind words & excited to keep building on this work together!

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Just got an advance copy of @matthewfacciani.bsky.social 's MISGUIDED in the mail (Columbia). It's such an important topic and great overview of the problem and what we can do to solve it! Out next month cup.columbia.edu/book/misguid...

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If I created an investment fund and promised 300% returns but instead spent your money buying yachts, I'd go to jail. Yet there are so many dudebros telling me that when ChatGPT spouts total bullshit the problem isn't OpenAI marketing it as a knowledge engine, it's the users who believe it.

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The combination of #artificialintelligence and #socialmedia poses a threat to democracy. Our new paper explains how AI swarms can fabricate grassroots consensus, fragment shared reality, engage in mass harassment, interfer with elections, and erode institutional trust: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Look forward to speaking on this great panel about misinformation and the manosphere later today at South by South West SXSW London - come join us if you're there at 2pm! www.sxswlondon.com/session/ctrl...

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Misinformation research continues to be urgent science. By @ethanvporter.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and me. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have released the first report authored by the so-called Make America Healthy Again Commission — and it’s riddled with citation errors and even outright fake research.

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We wrote an article about the rise of AI slop and the 'enshittification' of the internet for @theconversation.com with the brilliant @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social One of these days, these bots are gonna walk all over you! theconversation.com/what-is-ai-s...

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As @profsanderlinden.bsky.social says: "Information voids are almost a gravitational force for conspiracy theorists." More on why Merseyside Police's response this week is very welcome in stemming the flow of #Misinformation in the immediate aftermath of tragic events.

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🚨 Join the @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social climate disinfo panel TOMORROW May 29, 10–11 AM EDT! Hear from experts Anthony Leiserowitz, @crislopezg.bsky.social, @profsanderlinden.bsky.social, and CAAD’s communications co-chair as they share strategies to counter climate misinformation. buff.ly/5EQvzcm

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"Information voids are almost a gravitational force for conspiracy theorists" - I did applaud the police for releasing details quickly about the Liverpool crash suspect to prebunk any racist conspiracy theories www.euronews.com/2025/05/27/e...

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How can we fight climate disinformation? Look forward to this brilliant panel this Thursday 10am ET hosted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication! Please join us! @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

1. It's Fustilarian Friday and today's drop is the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" executive order. My read is that this is designed to (1) protect far-fringe figures such as the antvaxxers now heading our health agencies, and (2) kneecap efforts to use scientific evidence in regulatory policy.

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So your research area has been politicized and your federal funding cancelled, what now? I try to give some answers in this opinion piece for @nature.com 1/ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

Register now for @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social panel on climate disinfo, hosted by YPCCC's Anthony Leiserowitz, and featuring @crislopezg.bsky.social, @profsanderlinden.bsky.social, and CAAD's communications co-chair !

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