Sander van der Linden has engaged in consultancy for and received research funding from Google, the EU Commission, United Nations (UN), World Health O

Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiology

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2024-11-06 17:30:04

Sander van der Linden has engaged in consultancy for and received research funding from Google, the EU Commission, United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), Alfred Landecker Foundation, Omidyar Network India, the American Psychological Association, the Centers for Disease Control, UK Government, Meta, and the Gates Foundation. He also receives book royalties from HarperCollins.

David Robert Grimes receives funding from the Wellcome Trust, and has received payments for advising on cancer screening and health modelling from The National Screening service of Ireland. He receives book royalties from Simon & Schuster UK, and The Experiment (New York); and has received honoraria for talks and consultancy worldwide.

We’re increasingly aware of how misinformation can influence elections. About 73% of Americans report seeing misleading election news, and about half struggle to discern what is true or false.

When it comes to misinformation, “going viral” appears to be more than a simple catchphrase. Scientists have found a close analogy between the spread of misinformation and the spread of viruses. In fact, how misinformation gets around can be effectively described using mathematical models designed to simulate the spread of pathogens.

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