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In recent years, colleges and universities have received major grants and funding directed toward fighting such false information.

On today's show: As we enter the home stretch before the November election, we explain how you can identify misinformation and disinformation, even when it might look like a reputable source; the U.S. Supreme Court term begins today, and following the contentious Roe v. Wade ruling last term, we discuss what to expect this fall; and 50 years ago, how a group of working-class Black men in Pittsburgh transformed emergency care.Today’s guests include: Kathleen Carley, computational social scientist and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, director of CMU’s Center for Informed Democra...

/PRNewswire/ -- New speakers have been announced for Mitigating Societal Harms in a Social Media World, an IEEE Computer Society Tech Forum taking place...

If there’s anything that everyone across the political spectrum can agree on, it’s that misinformation is widespread. It’s easy to feel powerless, but there are ways that ordinary people can play a role in the solution. As tech companies and researchers continue working to thwart a range of “information disorder,” experts say that ordinary citizens can also play important roles in combating online untruths. Consider it a cyber civic duty. Why We Wrote This Nobody likes being wrong. But what if corrections came from someone you trust? Experts urge Americans to fight misinformation as...