Meet NetLab, the Laboratory of Internet and Social Media Studies from UFRJ

 

In another study carried out by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, researchers identified more than two dozen ads on Facebook and Instagram, for the month of July, that promoted misleading information or attacked the country’s electronic voting machines.

 

For researcher Rose Marie Santini, coordinator of NetLab at UFRJ, buying ads displayed in Google searches involves attempts to face disinformation and take advantage of the “algorithmic game” of platforms.

Folha de São Paulo

In a crisis, the dispute of public opinion is fundamental. And it is not for nothing at this time that questioning the legitimacy of scientific discoveries occupies the center of the debate.