How can we combat online misinformation? A systematic overview of current interventions and their efficacy

Understand

The spread of misinformation is a pressing global problem that has elicited a range of responses from researchers, policymakers, civil society and industry.

• Over the past decade, these stakeholders have developed many interventions to tackle misinformation that vary across factors such as which effects of misinformation they hope to target, at what stage in the misinformation lifecycle they are aimed at, and who they are implemented by.
• These interventions also differ in how effective they are at reducing susceptibility to (and curbing the spread of) misinformation.
• In recent years, a vast amount of scholarly work on misinformation has become available, which extends across multiple disciplines and methodologies.