In a recent episode of Community Signal, a podcast for professionals who manage online communities, CIP postdoctoral researcher Rachel E. Moran and undergraduate research assistant Joey Schafer discussed their work with the Virality Project, a COVID-19 vaccine misinformation research consortium, and their insights into the ways anti-vaccine activists and others use to avoid content moderation, including emerging folk theories “that define how some believe how social platforms and algorithms work to moderate their content and conversations.”
- Listen to the Community Signal podcast episode | “Here’s How Anti-Vaxxers Are Spreading Misinformation Despite Your Best Moderation Efforts“
- Virality Project | “Content Moderation Avoidance Strategies“