Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are an inevitable part of
our daily lives. These social media platforms are effective tools for disseminating news …

We present a qualitative study with 36 diverse social media users in India to critically
examine how low-resource communities engage with fake videos, including cheapfakes and …

Background Vaccination is an important intervention to prevent the incidence and spread of
serious diseases. Many factors including information obtained from the internet influence …

Misinformation is widely and rapidly spreading on social media platforms. This could result
in severe negative effects on users and the quality of online generated content. Luckily …

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, there has been a massive amount of misinformation
both related to the condition, and a range of linked social and economic issues. We present …

Since 2016, social media companies and news providers have come under pressure to
tackle the spread of political mis-and disinformation (MDI) online. However, despite …

The aim of this paper was to investigate the level of influence of online media on the parents'
attitudes toward vaccination of children in three countries of the Western Balkans …

Background: The spreading of health-related rumors can profoundly put society at risk, and
the investigation of strategies and methods can efficiently prevent the dissemination of …

Rumors regarding epidemic diseases such as COVID 19, medicines and treatments,
diagnostic methods and public emergencies can have harmful impacts on health and …

People tend to read health articles that have gone viral online. A large portion of online
popular vaccine articles are against vaccines, which lead to increased exemption rates and …