Is fact-checking useful? What science says

2023-08-25 13:12:31

Any scientist or journalist has already asked themselves this question: is it really effective to demystify misleading or even outright false statements? Do we really convince people who weren’t already convinced? “Fact-checking” has been a very fashionable journalistic practice since the 2010s. false. But the usefulness and effectiveness of this journalistic practice are regularly questioned, even though the major platforms (Twitter renamed X, Facebook, etc.) will have to act more strongly against misinformation from August 25, under a new European regulation.