Stories by Filippo Menczer

Filippo Menczer is Distinguished Professor of Informatics and Computer Science and director of the Observatory on Social Media at Indiana University Bloomington. He studies the spread of disinformation and develops tools for countering social media manipulation. Credit: Nick Higgins

Mental Health

Facebook Whistleblower Testified That Company’s Algorithms Are Dangerous: Here’s Why

Frances Haugen confirmed the negative effects caused by attempts to maximize engagement

October 7, 2021 — Filippo Menczer and The Conversation US | Opinion

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

November 19, 2020 — Filippo Menczer and Thomas Hills

Behavior

Biases Make People Vulnerable to Misinformation Spread by Social Media

Researchers have developed tools to study the cognitive, societal and algorithmic biases that help fake news spread

June 21, 2018 — Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, Filippo Menczer and The Conversation US

Computing

Fake Online News Spreads Through Social Echo Chambers

Online recommendation systems that include differing views may be an answer, say hoax researchers

November 28, 2016 — Filippo Menczer and The Conversation