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A new study conducted in collaboration with Google found that playing short videos about manipulation could help cut down on America's misinformation problem. Reading time 5 minutes Researchers ...

Brief exposure to short video clips of misinformation strategies improves awareness of online falsehoods. The corresponding study was published in Science Advances. 'Inoculation theory' has been ...

Short animations giving viewers a taste of the tactics behind misinformation can help to “inoculate” people against harmful content on social media when deployed in YouTube’s advert slot, according to ...

A new study published in 'Nature Microbiology' has pioneered the use of a single-celled parasite to inject therapeutic proteins into brain cells. Can Making Fake News Train People To Spot It In Real ...