Misinformation and censorship on social media

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Challenging Pseudoscience

Challenging Pseudoscience, at the Ri

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We look at how to tackle the destructive rise of scientific misinformation and disinformation. Each episode is a live recording of one of the public events hosted by Challenging Pseudoscience, at the Royal Institution. We’re a diverse collective of journalists, scientists, academics and social media experts who came together in 2019 to look at this problem from different angles. The group is supported by the Royal Institution and the Open Society Foundation, and based in London. The goal is to identify how we can foster better access to more reliable scientific information.

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Misinformation and censorship on social media

Challenging Pseudoscience

50 minutes 3 seconds

4 years ago

Misinformation and censorship on social media

This episode features a panel discussion held at the Association of British Science Writers online in June 2021. The theme was misinformation and censorship on social media. The panel discussed how algorithms that feed us science news on social media sometimes promote disinformation and inadvertently demote good scientific content. The panelists explain why this can happen, who is affected and what we can do to prevent it.

The panelists were Ben Deighton and Maarten Schenk. The discussion was hosted by Angela Saini.

To find out more about the original event visit: https://www.absw.org.uk/events/56-misinformation-or-censorship-science-reporting-and-social-media

Host: Angela Saini

Producer: Hester Cant

Artwork: Hana Ayoob

Music: George Ash