19 November 2020

Professor Tom Buchanan for iNews about why Twitter’s news ‘stories’ feature has sparked fears from experts over fake news and misinformation

Professor Tom Buchanan, Professor of Psychology, was quoted in an article by iNews about why Twitters news stories feature is sparking fears of fake news and misinformation by experts.

Tom Buchanan smiling at the camera

In the article, Professor Buchanan discussed moderation and how it is often slow to address issues, and said: “This is especially in cases where human moderators are needed to evaluate content that has been reported or flagged. A message containing false information or other harmful content could be posted and then vanish before anything could be done about it.”

Read the full article on the iNews website.

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