Misinformation on social media: Can technology save us?

Information is both the currency and lubricant that moves the world forward. But as we find ourselves in the Information Age’s period of juvenile delinquency, the challenge in filtering out the bad information and raising the good information to the top is our biggest challenge. Social media made the problem worse because it’s hastened the spread of bad information, but what is the solution. Stefaan Verhulst with GovLab explores some directions technology might point us.

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Stefaan Verhulst, GovLab

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