In the article "Facebook's Design Makes It Unable to Control Misinformation," GW Today covered the findings from the study, “The Efficacy of Facebook’s Vaccine Misinformation Policies and Architecture During The COVID-19 Pandemic,” published in "Science Advances" and led by researchers at GW.
Here is an excerpt from the article: “There is significant attention given to social media platforms and artificial intelligence governance today. However, this discussion largely focuses on either content or algorithms. To effectively tackle misinformation and other online harms, we need to move beyond content and algorithms to also focus on design and architecture,” said David Broniatowski, lead study author and an associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering at GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Read the full article on GW Today.