There are two types of 'superspreaders' of online misinformation: the intentional and organized spreaders of falsehoods or misleading claims, and those who unwittingly share information they didn't know was false.
YouTube said Friday it will stop recommending videos promoting a phony miracle cure for a serious illness, claiming the earth is flat, or making blatantly false claims about historic events.
If you see a video of a politician speaking words he never would utter, or a Hollywood star improbably appearing in a cheap adult movie, don't adjust your television set—you may just be witnessing the future of "fake news."
Experts are split on whether the coming years will see less misinformation online. Those who foresee improvement hope for technological and societal solutions.
Low attention and a flood of data are serious problems for social networks.
Every day, modern society creates more than a billion gigabytes of new data. To store all this data, it is increasingly important that each single bit occupies as little space as possible. A team of scientists managed to bring this reduction to the ultimate limit.
