Older adults are more likely to see and share misinformation than any other age group, but current interventions aren’t designed for them. Read more about why this is a problem in CBC News, where I describe some of the science. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Ira, I’m so jealous rn! Especially about the boiled peanuts

I feel very cool for making the list, Ira 😊

☺️☺️☺️ thank you for sharing and for all of your feedback on the paper!!

This paper is part of a really cool special issue edited by @lkfazio.bsky.social@gordpennycook.bsky.socialwww.sciencedirect.com/journal/curr...

As two examples, conservatives and older adults see and share the most misinformation, but current interventions are not designed for them. We can reach these groups more effectively if we acknowledge that one size doesn’t fit all. 8/8

Given limited resources, we should also design tools for ‘at risk’ users – those who have already shared low-quality news (indicated prevention) and those in demographic groups that are likely to do so (selected prevention). 7/8

Instead, universal prevention might unintentionally increase variance of risk, concentrating risks and benefits in the tails of the distribution: 6/8

Ideally, we could target the entire population and reduce digital risk by a similar margin for everyone. A homogeneous effect might look like this: 5/8