{"id":4330,"date":"2024-04-27T09:25:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T01:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/?p=4330"},"modified":"2024-04-27T12:22:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T04:22:02","slug":"navigating-the-minefield-the-proliferation-of-misinformation-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/csm\/4330\/navigating-the-minefield-the-proliferation-of-misinformation-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating the Minefield: The Proliferation of Misinformation on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STOP-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft autoexcerpt_thumb  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNavigating the Minefield: The Proliferation of Misinformation on Facebook\r\nAbstract:\r\nThe paper examines the transformation of Facebook into a breeding ground for misinformation, analysing its impacts on public discourse, democracy, and individual beliefs. Through a combination of personalised algorithms, lack of content moderation, and the psychological underpinnings of social media interaction, this study highlights the dangerous trajectory of misinformation spread on the platform.\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIntroduction:\r\nFacebook's&nbsp;evolution&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;social&nbsp;media&nbsp;giant&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;story&nbsp;of&nbsp;remarkable&nbsp;growth,&nbsp;innovation,&nbsp;and&nbsp;controversy.&nbsp;founded&nbsp;in&nbsp;2004&nbsp;by&nbsp;Mark&nbsp;Zuckerberg&nbsp;and&nbsp;his <a href=\"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/csm\/4330\/navigating-the-minefield-the-proliferation-of-misinformation-on-facebook\/\" class=\"more-link\">...<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating the Minefield: The Proliferation of Misinformation on Facebook Abstract: The paper examines the transformation of Facebook into a breeding ground for misinformation, analysing its impacts on public discourse, democracy, and individual beliefs. Through a combination of personalised algorithms, lack of content moderation, and the psychological underpinnings of social media interaction, this study highlights the dangerous trajectory of misinformation spread on the platform. &nbsp; Introduction: Facebook&#8217;s&nbsp;evolution&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;social&nbsp;media&nbsp;giant&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;story&nbsp;of&nbsp;remarkable&nbsp;growth,&nbsp;innovation,&nbsp;and&nbsp;controversy.&nbsp;founded&nbsp;in&nbsp;2004&nbsp;by&nbsp;Mark&nbsp;Zuckerberg&nbsp;and&nbsp;his &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":4333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csm","category-ioa","category-onsc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4330"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4344,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions\/4344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}