Riots, misinformation, and social media
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KMi’s Director; Prof Harith Alani, was interviewed by The National newspaper who sought his views on the role of misinformation in fueling the recent riots across the UK. Harith and his team in KMi have been researching misinformation for many years, focusing on the patterns in which misinformation and their fact-check spread online. Misinformation played…