A value-driven approach to addressing misinformation in social media

A value-driven approach to addressing misinformation in social media

Misinformation in social media is an actual and contested policy problem given its outreach and the variety of stakeholders involved. In particular, increased social media use makes the spread of misinformation almost universal. Here we demonstrate a framework for evaluating tools for detecting misinformation using a preference elicitation approach, as well as an integrated decision analytic process for evaluating desirable features of systems f…

Experts warn; far beyond the fibula and misinformation, with the consequent risk to the health or reputation of individuals or entities, the removal of social media verifiers hides many security dangers, by the proliferation of computer viruses or malicious links hidden between false news.

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Author of the essay entitled "Disinformation in French-speaking Africa" published in the editions of Jet d'inks, Paul Joël Kamchang makes an analysis of the impact of disinformation on democracy The post Disinformation: "His damage is now counted as on the fingers of the hand" appeared first on DataCameroon.

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