- Research on the long-term effects of fact-checking flags is needed because of the possibility that repeated exposure to the flags might further numb consumers of media

Johns Hopkins University

Software used to flag fake news, which is often detected either by independent fact-checkers or crowdsourcing algorithms because of the fact the manually flagging fake news can be difficult.

Fact Checking Flags

Dongfang Gaozhao, Flagging fake news on social media: An experimental study of media consumers' identification of fake news, Government Information Quarterly, Volume 38, Issue 3, 2021, 101591, ISSN 0740-624X,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2021.101591.

Flagging fake news on social media: An experimental study of media consumers' identification of fake news

- To understand how the presence of fact-checking flags can affect peoples' ability to identify misinformation
- To identify which types of flags are more effective: those from fact-checkers or those from individual readers through crowdsourcing
- Lastly, to understand if, after seeing the flags, peoples' assessment of fake news changes due to critical thinking or due to their blind faith in the flags

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