Conspiracy Theories, Fake News and Disinformation. Why There’s So Much of It and What We Can Do About it

... Tackle Them The findings are surprising. There are several cognitive biases that make disinformation easy to flourish. And the bad news is that there is little we can do... ... investigation found that YouTube's recommendations often lead users to channels that feature conspiracy theories, partisan viewpoints and misleading videos, even when those users... ... said they could easily distinguish factual news from opinion in online-only news or social media. Thus, the majority of people can hardly distinguish news from opinions...