Flagging false Facebook posts as satire helps reduce belief
If you want to convince people not to trust an inaccurate political post on Facebook, labeling it as satire can help, a new study finds.
If you want to convince people not to trust an inaccurate political post on Facebook, labeling it as satire can help, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2019
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When Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the United States flag on the moon 50 years ago this month—July 20, 1969, to be exact—it was a team effort.
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2019
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Three rovers, six US flags, dozens of probes that either landed successfully or crashed, tools, cameras and trash: the Moon is dotted with hundreds of objects as a result of space exploration.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2019
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Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, some people insist it never happened and was all a big hoax by the U.S. government.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2019
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Advances in digital technology are challenging our concept of privacy. In today's world, huge volumes of data are being collected, shared and stored in unprecedented ways and at tremendous speeds. Everything we do with our ...
Internet
Apr 1, 2019
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Protecting personal information while surfing the web or using apps is a concern for many of us and successfully shielding such data can be a struggle.
Internet
Jan 15, 2019
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The views expressed by political party leaders can change how individual voters feel about an issue, according to findings from a longitudinal study of voters in New Zealand. The findings are published in Psychological Science, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2018
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Flagmakers in Bangladesh are doing a roaring trade weeks ahead of the World Cup, but no-one is interested in the home nation's colours—the money is all on pennants for Lionel Messi's Argentina and Neymar's Brazil.
Other
May 23, 2018
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Indonesian hackers on Monday claimed responsibility for attacking more than 30 Malaysian websites following a gaffe that saw Indonesia's flag printed upside-down in a Southeast Asian Games commemorative magazine.
Internet
Aug 21, 2017
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Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network. It will focus on the "worst of the worst" offenders and partner with outside fact-checkers and news organizations ...
Internet
Dec 15, 2016
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