Behavior
Information Overload Helps Fake News Spread, and Social Media Knows It
Understanding how algorithm manipulators exploit our cognitive vulnerabilities empowers us to fight back
Thomas Hills is a professor of psychology and director of the Behavioral and Data Science master’s program at the University of Warwick in England. His research addresses the evolution of mind and information. Credit: Nick Higgins
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