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How “prebunking” can restore public trust and other September highlights
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Ars Technica
September's list includes how prebunking can restore public trust in election results; why ghost sharks grow weird forehead teeth; and using neutrinos to make a frickin' laser beam, among other highlights.
Prebunking increases trust in electionsCredit: Superior Electoral Court of Brazil /Public domainFalse claims of voter fraud abounded in the wake of the 2020 US general election, when Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump for the presidency.
Two years later, Brazil faced a similar scenario in the wake of its 2022 general election in which voters ousted incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.
How can we combat this kind of disinformation and restore public trust in elections?
A third study conducted only with US participants compared prebunking alone versus prebunking with a forewarning message featuring specific conspiracies, focusing on the 2022 midterms and the 2024 US general election.