Dynamics and characteristics of misinformation related to earthquake predictions on Twitter

Abstract The spread of misinformation on social media can lead to inappropriate behaviors that can make disasters worse. In our study, we focused on tweets containing misinformation about earthquake predictions and analyzed their dynamics. To this end, we retrieved 82,129 tweets over a period of 2 y...

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Main Authors: Irina Dallo, Or Elroy, Laure Fallou, Nadejda Komendantova, Abraham Yosipof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40399-9