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SUMMARY: Combating Misinformation Through Digital Markets
DESCRIPTION: What if we could reduce the flow of misinformation with no cen
 sorship and no central authority judging truth? What role could modern digi
 tal marketplaces play in mitigating the promotion of false and misleading i
 nformation online without harming free expression? The Institute for Reboot
 ing Social Media welcomes Visiting Scholar Marshall Van Alstyne to present 
 his research on market interventions to […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>What if we could reduce the flow of misinf
 ormation with no censorship and no central authority judging truth? What ro
 le could modern digital marketplaces play in mitigating the promotion of fa
 lse and misleading information online without harming free expression?</p><
 p>The Institute for Rebooting Social Media welcomes Visiting Scholar <stron
 g>Marshall Van Alstyne</strong> to present his research on market intervent
 ions to combat misinformation\, including a novel mechanism designed to cre
 ate a meta-layer of platform governance that would limit the production of 
 mis- and disinformation\, and increase the likelihood of sharing credible i
 nformation.</p><p>This intervention\, informed by Nobel Prize-winning theor
 ies of <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2001/po
 pular-information/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">information e
 conomics</a> and <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-scienc
 es/1991/coase/lecture/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">externali
 ty economics</a>\, has shown very promising results in large online survey 
 experiments and interactive online marketplace experiments\, providing evid
 ence of its efficacy among more than 3\,000 responses from social media use
 rs.</p><p>This event will be held at the Berkman Klein Center (room 515) fr
 om 12:30pm-1:30pm ET. Lunch will be served! In-person attendance is limited
  to Harvard ID holders\, but the general public is invited to attend virtua
 lly via Zoom.</p>
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LOCATION:Lewis Hall\, 5th floor at the Berkman Klein Center's Multi-Purpose Room 515
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ORGANIZER;CN="Shelby El Otmani":MAILTO:selotmani@law.harvard.edu
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