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GUIDEUnderstanding fake news, misinformation & disinformation

Sandy Pentland

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Affiliation from MIT Media Lab faculty listing.

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2026 Spread of Misinformation & Collective ActionPentland et al. · MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT Media Lab and founding director of the MIT Connection Science research initiative. Researcher focused on collective intelligence, how people and organizations behave and solve problems together, and approaches to addressing social challenges through data and experimentation. His recent work examines how misinformation affects collective action and democratic decision-making, with focus on understanding and mitigating mutual suspicion through information sharing about true intentions.

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  • Spread of Misinformation & Collective Action (2026 panel) — MIT IDSS panel on the relationship between misinformation and collective action in democratic contexts, presenting work on how belief about others' intentions drives polarization and how intention-verification interventions can strengthen democracy.