Editing Conspiracy theory (section)

===Reducing transmission===
Public exposure to conspiracy theories can be reduced by interventions that reduce their ability to spread, such as by encouraging people to reflect before sharing a news story.<ref name="LewandowskyCook2020"/> Researchers Carlos Diaz Ruiz and Tomas Nilsson have proposed technical and rhetorical interventions to counter the spread of conspiracy theories on social media.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Diaz Ruiz|first1=Carlos|last2=Nilsson|first2=Tomas|date=2023|title=Disinformation and Echo Chambers: How Disinformation Circulates on Social Media Through Identity-Driven Controversies|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07439156221103852|journal=Journal of Public Policy & Marketing|language=en|volume=42|issue=1|pages=18–35|doi=10.1177/07439156221103852|s2cid=248934562}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4|from this source=yes}}
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|+ Interventions to counter the spread of conspiracy theories on social media<ref name=":0" />
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!Type of intervention
!Intervention
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| rowspan="3" |Technical
|Expose sources that insert and circulate conspiracy theories on social media (flagging).
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|Diminish the source's capacity to monetize conspiracies (demonetization).
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|Slow down the circulation of conspiracy theories (algorithm)
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| rowspan="5" |Rhetorical
|Issue authoritative corrections (fact-checking).
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|Authority-based corrections and fact-checking may backfire because personal worldviews cannot be proved wrong.
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|Enlist spokespeople that can be perceived as allies and insiders.
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|Rebuttals must spring from an epistemology that participants are already familiar with.
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|Give believers of conspiracies an "exit ramp" to dis-invest themselves without facing ridicule.
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