Using Facebook data to study how misinformation spreads -- grant

(Virginia Tech) Tanushree Mitra,   assistant professor of computer science in the   College of Engineering   and a faculty member at the   Discovery Analytics Center, has received a   Social Media and Democracy Research Grant, giving her access to Facebook data to study how misinformation and other problematic content spread on the platform.  
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news