Scaling Up Fact-Checking Using the Wisdom of Crowds
Professional fact-checking, a prominent approach to combating misinformation, does not scale easily. Furthermore, some distrust fact-checkers because of alleged liberal bias. We explore a solution to these problems: using politically balanced groups of laypeople to identify misinformation at scale....
Main Author: | Allen, Jennifer |
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Other Authors: | Rand, David |
Format: | Thesis |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145031 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-9147 |
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