Researchers create winning strategy to combat vaccine misinformation on X

Examples of user responses to social correction. Here, the social correction is the counter-misinformation reply posted by ordinary users (the second row), and the user response is the reply to the counter-misinformation reply (the third row). Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2403.04852 A new in-depth analysis shows that users who reply to misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine on X, formerly known as Twitter, with a positive attitude, politeness, and strong evidence are more likely to encourage others to disbelieve the incorrect information. Researchers from three Georgia Tech schools found the most Read More

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