Addressing the decline of local news, rise of platforms, and spread of mis- and disinformation online
…of phone number portability, which allowed individuals to take their old phone number with them when they changed phone providers and significantly increased competition in phone service. Charlotte Slaiman (Competition…
Call for Papers: Symposium on Misinformation & Marginalization
…16, 2023 Questions, concerns, and comments can be sent to ymeadon@unc.edu References Allcott, Hunt, and Matthew Gentzkow. 2017. “Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election.” Journal of Economic…
Episode 8: Where Do We Go From Here?
…small number of people. In other words, a very small number of targeted de-platformings could have an outsized effect on the amount of disinformation that is spreading within these platforms….