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Melissa Goldin

Melissa Goldin

Jun 3, 2026

7:08
What do you see as the greatest challenge relating to misinformation? Just on a very granular and practical level, what is the challenge that we as a community interested in the truth face with respect to this fake news, this misinformation?
7:27
I would say that one of the biggest challenges is just the amount of time it takes to debunk misinformation.
7:33
Really easy to spread misinformation.
7:35
All you have to do is, you know, open up your social media account and say whatever you want, and you don't need any proof, you don't need sources, anything like that.
7:43
But to debunk misinformation, we have to reach out to the sources involved, you know, maybe a government spokesperson or an expert at a university.
7:54
We need to look up relevant data.
7:56
The more complicated a piece of misinformation is, you kind of have to say, "Okay, what's the grain of truth? Where did this come from even?" to even begin debunking it.
9:40
But some of these stories really do get legs and become part of the common understanding of truth, and that's worrying.

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