Essays on Understanding and Combating Misinformation at Scale
In Chapter 1, I explore the use of crowdsourcing as a potential solution to the misinformation problem at scale. Perhaps the most prominent approach to combating misinformation is the use of professional fact-checkers. This approach, however, is not scalable: Professional fact-checkers cannot possib...
Main Author: | Allen, Jennifer |
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Other Authors: | Rand, David G. |
Format: | Thesis |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2024
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155882 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-9147 |
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