Do fact-checker warning labels work for those who distrust fact-checkers? Cameron Martel and David G. Rand find that warning labels reduce belief in, and sharing of, false posts both on average and for those highly distrusting of fact-checkers. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Warning labels from fact checkers work—even if you don't trust them—says study phys.org/news/2024-09-f… From study: "Warning labels were on average effective at reducing belief in (27.6% reduction), and sharing of (24.7% reduction), false headlines" (by David G. Rand et al).

*Very* excited for this paper-led by amazing Cameron Martel (on the job market!)-to be out. He validates a scale for trust in fact-checkers & presents experiments w 14k subjects showing that fact-checker warnings reduce misinfo belief + sharing even among those low in trust!

🚨Out in Science!🚨 Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya? WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%! -Lasts over 2mo -Works on entrenched beliefs -Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 1/

And here is a Research Briefing summary of our work in Nature Human Behaviour from myself & David G. Rand : rdcu.be/dT3dq