One of the primary reasons I started Pushshift was to make it easier for researchers outside of the CS field to have easier access to social media data.
We are at a crucial moment in our society where disinformation campaigns are actively causing great harm by spreading false..
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The spread of disinformation during a pandemic ultimately results in additional deaths that could have potentially been averted through...
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/3 more effective communication and fact checking (especially among social media platform providers themselves).
This is a battle that will ultimately be won through more research and a better understanding of how disinformation propagates through social media interactions.
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