Science Feedback releases datasets of Web domain credibility
Assessing the reliability of online sources of information at scale is a necessary precondition for improving the quality of the…
Author: Bastien Carniel
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SCENT – Predicting domain credibility on the basis of backlink networks
Project overview Websites sharing low-credibility information tend to link to each other. To the contrary, websites with more stringent editorial…
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Consensus Credibility Scores: technical appendix
See main project description here I- Domain-level assessments – data sources 1- 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities Description: the…
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Consensus Credibility Scores: a comprehensive dataset of Web domains’ credibility
Summary Examining a source’s track record and editorial practices can be a useful guide in gauging the credibility with which…
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Misinformation superspreaders are thriving on Musk-owned Twitter
A study of accounts that have repeatedly published popular tweets linking to known misinformation shows that their collective popularity has significantly grown (on average, +42% interactions per tweet) since Elon Musk took effective control of the platform on 27 October 2022. These results appear to run afoul of Twitter’s commitments as a signatory of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation.
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Google’s demonetization of misinformation: one year on
ProPublica finds that Google still monetizes many websites and articles that promote harmful misinformation, much of which is in direct breach of its stated demonetization policy. Enforcement of its own rules on languages other than English is particularly lacking.
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Following the misinformation URL trail to identify key spreaders: A case study on Twitter
Introduction As social media platforms try to tackle the spread of misinformation, their first challenge is the reliable identification of…
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Demonetization of climate change misinformation on Youtube: a quick check on the implementation of Google Ads’ new policy
Google announced that any content, including YouTube videos, that ‘contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change’ would not be able to earn revenue from Google ads. Our quick experiment shows that the policy is not systematically applied.