Tail audits for misinformation exposure

Updated: 2024.06.05 1Y ago 1 sources
Require platforms to measure, publish and be audited on extreme‑exposure metrics (e.g., share of users consuming X% of false or inflammatory content) and to document targeted mitigation actions for those high‑consumption cohorts. The focus shifts enforcement and transparency from population averages to the riskier distributional tails where offline harms concentrate. — If adopted, tail audits would reframe platform accountability toward the measurable, high‑harm pockets of consumption and reduce blunt, speech‑broad interventions that misalign with the evidence.

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Misunderstanding the harms of online misinformation | Nature
2024.06.05 100% relevant
Nature explicitly recommends holding platforms accountable for facilitating exposure 'in the tails of the distribution' and calls for increased platform transparency and researcher collaboration.
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