How effective are TikTok misinformation debunking videos?
Puneet Bhargava, Katie MacDonald, Christie Newton, Hause Lin and Gordon Pennycook
TikTok provides opportunity for citizen-led debunking where users correct other users’ misinformation. In the present study (N=1,169), participants either watched and rated the credibility of (1) a misinformation video, (2) a correction video, or (3) a misinformation video followed by a correction video (“debunking”).