Don’t blame bots, fake news is spread by humans | Sinan Aral | TEDxCERN

Fake news does not only disrupt society but also economy and the deep roots of democracy. Sometimes, their impact can even be measured in terms of people killed by the misinformation that it’s spread around.

Sinan Aral, a scientist, entrepreneur and investor with a PhD in IT economics, applied econometrics and statistics, has run some of the largest randomised experiments in digital social networks like Facebook and Twitter to measure the impact of persuasive messages and peer influence on our economy, our society and our public health.

[wolfketter]

Great talk and very important topic to tackle, Sinan! Well done!

[francisf]

Thank you for explaining how ridiculous and algorithmically generated everything is!

[RGAMBLER]

*When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.* ⚠️

[babatundeayoola]

Watching this in 2020.. Really useful information and presentation is quite Impactful

[malbroughtishnah]

oh ok, now I understand whats going on....

[miamartin]

what if everything he's telling us is fake

[haraldmencke]

Good theology must also be envolved in such process of decisions!

[mannyquinn]

And HOW do I KNOW that YOU are not a FAKE too?