CSCW '241st AuthorSession 4d: Misinformation and Fact Checking
Targets of Weaponized Islamophobia: The Impact of Misinformation on the Online Practices of Muslims in the United States
Increasingly, online misinformation targeted at Muslims has become a weapon in the arsenal of Islamophobia. Such content typically aims to marginalize and disempower Muslims and sow animosity between them and non-Muslims. Yet, there has not been an investigation of the impact of the spread of such targeted misinformat…