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CORRECTION – Pixability Announces the Launch of GenAI Contextual Segments (GCS) for YouTube to Drive Better Targeting and Outcomes for Advertisers
October 07, 2024 13:35 ET | Pixability
BOSTON, Oct. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued under the same headline on Monday, October 7th by Pixability, there are changes in the text. The corrected release...
The asymmetry of conservative sanctions versus liberal sanctions should not be attributed to partisan bias on the part of social media companies and those determining what counts as misinformation, Rand and the co-authors noted.
Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement
October 02, 2024 11:00 ET | MIT Sloan School of Management
Cambridge, MA, Oct. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new paper, “Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions,” published today in Nature suggests that the higher...
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Pixability and Ad Fontes Media Join Forces to Empower Advertisers to Safely Support News Content on YouTube
September 25, 2024 09:30 ET | Pixability
BOSTON, Sept. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pixability, (www.pixability.com), a leader in AI-driven contextual targeting, brand suitability and performance on YouTube and CTV, today announced the...
Rumors and falsehoods can spread quickly on social media, making it difficult for users to separate fact from fiction. Credit: Suchat longthara/iStock
Warning labels from fact checkers work — even if you don’t trust them
September 02, 2024 05:00 ET | MIT Sloan School of Management
Cambridge, MA, Sept. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Do you trust fact-checkers? It might not matter. A new Nature Human Behaviour paper from MIT Sloan School of Management PhD candidate Cameron Martel...
Moral flexibility and American voters
Flexible morals: A key reason American voters support divisive misinformation
April 16, 2024 07:05 ET | MIT Sloan School of Management
Houston, Texas and Cambridge, Mass., April 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over the last decade or so, concern has grown over the tendency for Americans to support their favorite politicians even when...
Consumer Preferences for Misinformation
How news producers can drive consumers toward misinformation - even when they want the truth
March 05, 2024 07:03 ET | MIT Sloan School of Management
Cambridge, MA, March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), MIT Sloan School of Management professor David Rand and...
Graphic: Misinformation Is Hazardous to Your Health
Physician Poll: Medical Misinformation Is Harming Patients' Health
March 29, 2023 00:24 ET | de Beaumont Foundation
Bethesda, Maryland, March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a new poll, nearly three in four physicians said medical misinformation has hindered their ability to treat COVID-19 patients and has harmed...
Reported sources for news and current events in Canada
NEW RESEARCH: Four in ten Canadians are exposed to online hate speech on at least a monthly basis, survey finds Toronto, CANADA, March 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twenty per cent of Canadians surveyed reported seeing online hate speech on a monthly basis, while 16 percent were exposed weekly. Five percent...
Medical Board’s ‘Anti-disinformation’ Attack Described in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
December 06, 2022 10:02 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advocacy groups have launched a nationwide campaign promoting delicensure of doctors who allegedly disseminate mis- or disinformation related to the...
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Rock Band Push Puppets Releases 'October Surprise' Music Video About Disinformation
October 18, 2022 04:00 ET | Waterweight Music Ltd.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just in time for the midterm elections, Push Puppets, a Waterweight Music Ltd. recording artist, has released an animated lyric video for the song "October...