Addressing misinformation on messaging apps like WhatsApp is a challenging issue. E2EE means platforms can't moderate at scale. Fact-checking hotlines face challenges due to low awareness and trust. Despite millions in the Global South relying on WA for news, corrections often do not reach them.

Congrats to my colleague @mollyow.bsky.social on being named a 2024 Carnegie Fellow! One of the cool parts of this project that should get social scientists excited is the prospect of better open source tools for developing complex experiments online. news.uchicago.edu/story/uchica...

UChicago political scientist Molly Offer-Westort named Carnegie Fellow

Prize will support experiments and tools to study online political discourse and misinformation

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For polisky folks: Job alert: UChicago seeks an Instructional Assistant Professor (Lecturer) to teach undergraduate social science research methods. This is a two-year, renewable teaching position suitable for any social science PhD. Apply below (EOE/Vet/Disability) apply.interfolio.com/134140