[LOGOS] Trustnet

[Kevin M Esterling]

This is indeed an interesting project, but not for the reasons that the PI intended. Instead, there doesn't seem to be any communication theory or design principles that would ensure the extension is measuring misinformation, which is what they intend. Just wishing users will label misinformation does not mean that is what they will do, but instead they will certainly tend to label content they don't like, and then those biases will propagate to the echo chamber of their "trusted" friends. And then their validation study had an N of 32 labeling a total of 64 items. It really is amazing to me what MIT folks can get away with....



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What happened when Twitter deplatformed 70,000 misinformation traffickers?<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07524-8>


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Perhaps of interest... Rich

Trustnet: A new web browser extension to help identify misinformation for the average person...

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-tool-trustnet-empowers-users-to-fight-online-misinformation-0516

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