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11 Oct 2020: We are aiming to pre-emptively debunk, or pre-bunk, misinformation by exposing people to a mild dose of the methods used to disseminate fake news.". ... By exposing people to the tactics behind fake news we can help create a general ‘inoculation’,

14 May 2020: It helps inoculate players against fake news and misinformation, including fake news about COVID-19. ... By actively exposing people to severely weakened doses of the tactics used to produce fake news, people gain psychological immunity (or mental

17 Dec 2020: From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Take part in this online game where you play the role of propaganda producers to help you identify real world disinformation and ... increase your “psychological resistance” to fake news.

19 Nov 2020: 12 Ad HocSearch for a vaccine (against fake news too), the £10m challenge, looking beyond the pandemic, and more. ... Fake news can travel faster and lodge itself deeper than the truth,” says Dr Sander van der Linden, who leads the project at Cambridge

14 Oct 2020: The research reveals 'key predictors' for susceptibility to fake pandemic news, and finds that a small increase in the perceived reliability of conspiracies relates to a larger drop in the intention ... that helps 'inoculate' players against fake news by

6 Nov 2020: Twitter has started using a “pre-bunk” approach: highlighting types of fake news likely to be encountered in feeds during the US election. ... The game also reduced willingness to share fake news with others by 11%.

15 Dec 2020: exposure to illegal, inappropriate, or harmful material (e.g. pornography, fake news, racist or radical extremist views).

17 Sep 2020: The next day, the country entered phase 1 of lockdown. The government nudged to tackle fake news about the virus and to convince the population to strictly adhere to the rules, ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email

23 Mar 2020: In an era of fake news that might help foster trust.”. ... Disinformation often appears definitive, and fake news plays on a sense of certainty,” he said.

9 Jan 2020: Research. Contaminating a fake rubber hand could help people overcome OCD, study suggests.. ... Instead, to the left of the partition they see a fake right hand.