Press Source: Los Angeles Times (Opinion Piece)

Why public health messaging should emphasize vaccine acceptance, not hes...

"...our research highlights how overstating or overemphasizing hesitancy can, by itself, keep others from getting vaccinated."

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Press Source: Harvard Business Review (Opinion Piece)

What digital advertising gets wrong

"The effectiveness of digital ads is wildly oversold."

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Press Source: Cheddar | Reveals (Video)

Ways to solve the social media crisis

Sinan Aral discusses ways companies can monitor the spread of misinformation online, and how to protect privacy and data on social media.

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Press Source: Harvard Business Review

Online platforms have become chaos machines. Can we rein them in?

An interview with Prof. Sinan Aral.

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Press Source: The Washington Post (Opinion Piece)

GameStop signals a new, destabilizing collision between social media and...

“...if social media can disrupt markets, it creates an incentive for economic terrorism and provides an opening for America's enemies."

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Press Source: Bloomberg Law (Podcast)

Can Trump be prosecuted for inciting the Capitol riot?

Sinan Aral...discusses how the signs of violence could be seen in social media well before the riot.

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Press Source: Yahoo Finance (Video)

Analyzing the 'information role' big tech has in the coordination, motiv...

"My biggest concern is that social media platforms...will be used to motivate, coordinate, and mobilize further violence."

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Press Source: Cheddar (Video)

'Breaking up Facebook is like putting a band-aid on a tumor' says MIT pr...

Sinan Aral, director of MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy, MIT Sloan joins Cheddar to discuss Section 230 and the future of social media.

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Press Source: WSB-TV (Video)

Expert fears misinformation could run rampant as Facebook lifts ad ban f...

"...two people in the same district, voting in the same election can have access to completely different information about the election..."

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Press Source: TechCrunch

MIT professor wants to overhaul 'The Hype Machine' that powers social me...

"Platforms that lack competition don't have any incentive to change away from the attention economy and their engagement-driven business models."

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