Topic: misinformation
GamerGate: The Full Story — Facts, Misinformation, and the Culture War That Changed the Internet
GamerGate began as a debunked accusation about a game developer, morphed into a self-described ethics movement, but data shows it primarily targeted women with coordinated harassment — and became…
The Confirmation Trap: How Cognitive Bias Corrodes American Politics
Confirmation bias makes people seek evidence that flatters what they already believe. In politics it hardens belief into identity, and AI content now exploits that reflex at industrial scale.