Could ‘inoculation’ limit election misinformation?

A popular strategy for combating misinformation can help people distinguish truth from falsehood – when combined with reminders to focus on accuracy, Cornell-led research finds.

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Associated Press

Sarah Kreps, director of the Tech Policy Institute, noted that Trump could revisit the issue and direct his administration to negotiate a new deal with TikTok.

The New York Times

Suzanne Shu, dean of faculty and research at the Johnson School, says “Social Security is a program that most American workers think they already have as an endowment. They want it as soon as they can get their hands on it.”

NPR

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The Telegraph

Peter Enns, professor of government, says “We plug in the 2024 numbers from 100 days or more in advance, and then say okay, if these past relationships hold, that lets us predict what will happen in each state, right?”

Bloomberg

Sarah Kreps, director of the Tech Policy Institute, says “When he proposed this [ban] in 2020, it was just sheer antipathy for China without much evidence at all about what China might be doing.”

Marketplace

Drew Pascarella, senior lecturer of finance, discusses mergers and acquisitions.