1月6日之后的平台移除减少了推特上的错误信息
Stefan D McCabe1, Diogo Ferrari2, Jon Green3
1Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Nature
|June 5, 2024
概括
在Twitter上
科学领域:
- 社交媒体在公共话语和信息监管中的作用.
- 对网络言论的平台范围干预的分析.
- 对社交媒体平台的错误信息动态进行研究.
背景情况:
- 社交媒体平台极大地影响了全球言论监管.
- 有限的研究存在于平台范围的语音干预的影响.
- 1月6日美国国会大事件引发了重要的平台行动.
研究的目的:
- 评估推特对7万名虚假信息贩运者的影响.
- 评估这次干预对错误信息传播的影响.
- 了解社交媒体在调节公共话语中的作用.
主要方法:
- 通过50万多名活跃的Twitter用户组成的小组.
- 使用自然实验设计来研究干预的影响.
- 分析了平台移除事件之前和之后的错误信息传播.
主要成果:
- 移除平台减少了移除平台的用户及其追随者的错误信息传播.
- 由于时间与1月6日事件相吻合, 因果估计的规模有限.
- 许多未被撤销的虚假信息贩运者在Twitter上停止活动.
结论:
- 社交媒体平台有能力控制错误信息的传播.
- 正如Twitter的行动所证明的那样, 平台干预可以调节公共话语.
- 这项研究提供了1月6日起义的历史背景和平台影响.
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