MIT study on deceentralized moderation as a model for countering disinformation:
"This work shows that a decentralized approach to moderation can lead to higher content reliability on social media, says Jahanbakhsh. This approach is also more efficient and scalable than centralized moderation schemes, and may appeal to users who mistrust platforms, she adds."
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https://news.mit.edu/2022/social-media-users-assess-content-1116
"This work shows that a decentralized approach to moderation can lead to higher content reliability on social media, says Jahanbakhsh. This approach is also more efficient and scalable than centralized moderation schemes, and may appeal to users who mistrust platforms, she adds."
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https://news.mit.edu/2022/social-media-users-assess-content-1116
Empowering social media users to assess content helps fight misinformation
MIT researchers built a prototype social media platform to study the effects of giving users more agency to assess content for accuracy and control the posts they see based on accuracy assessments from others.MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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