Changing Americans’ Perception of the Prevalence of Misinformation Does Not Affect Support for Freedom of Speech and Content Moderation

Poster Session IV

Keyword: Myths and Misinformation

Abstract: This preregistered study shows how informing a representative sample of Americans (N=2000) about the low prevalence of misinformation does not affects their worry about misinformation and about censorship, support for freedom of expression and for content moderation. Instead, support for freedom of expression is driven only by the two worries.

• Tobia Spampatti (Presenting Author)
• Laura Globig (Author)
• Steve Rathje (Author)
• Jay Van Bavel (Author)