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Users post more falsehoods after others correct them: study
Attempting to politely correct misinformation on Twitter can have negative consequences, leading to even less-accurate tweets and more toxicity from the people being corrected, according to a study co-authored by MIT scholars.
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| May 25, 2021 | Users post more falsehoods after others correct them: study by rbanffy | 139 | 160 |
