1Cademy - Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking

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Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking - Correction Procedure

Created Twitter bots that resemble accounts made by white men because participants consisted mostly of white men
Each bot accumulated over 1000 followers over 3 months to look more real
Bots reflected different political associations
Corrections were public replies to tweets containing misinformation
Corrections informed users that the information they shared might not be true and included a link to Snopes.com for support
Sent around 114 replies per day during a one-hour interval for 14 days from January 30 to February 12, 2020
Sent 1,586 corrections before accounts were suspended
1,454 of the messages sent were delivered successfully
Corrections were sent around 81 days after the original tweets were posted

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Updated 2021-08-07

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