According to new research, digital literacy is an important factor in identifying misinformation — but it doesn’t stop people from spreading it.

Maria Ressa built a successful media startup — and exposed human rights issues — while fighting disinformation and attacks from the Philippine government.

Professor Sinan Aral was honored for his research about social media and tech, along with six other researchers.

Investigative journalist Maria Ressa, a digital fellow at MIT, said the spread of disinformation on social media threatens democracies worldwide.

2021 Thinkers50 award nominees include MIT Sloan professors and alumni studying social media, intelligent machines, and digital body language.

A new report offers solutions to the problems that hound social media, from the spread of misinformation to the lack of competition.

Subscriptions and identify verification are just two of the ways social media companies could stem the tide of inflammatory and inaccurate content.

Professors David Rand and Basima Tewfik research workplace topics such as imposter syndrome, and societal issues such as fighting online information.

MIT research about the pandemic looks at economic fallout, the impact of government interventions, digital technology, and fighting misinformation.

From how recommendation engines work to how misinformation spreads on social media, here are four books from MIT Sloan that made some sense of 2020.