From judging a reality star’s outfit to deriding your friend’s choice of an Android or iPhone, people constantly weigh in on topics that have no real impact on their lives. Canvas8 spoke to Michel Tuan Pham, Kravis Professor at Columbia University, to learn why we love to express our opinions.

As fake news continues to flourish across the web, people are looking to tech companies to take charge of the issue and make long-term adjustments to restore the credibility of online news. But with misleading media easier than ever to manufacture, how can trust be created and maintained?

In real life, we don’t just communicate with words – we use facial expressions, gestures, and vocal tones to convey meaning. But these physical cues don’t translate into the digital world. As more of our lives play out online, tone indicators are bringing precision to online communication.

With QAnon and conspiracy theories impacting mainstream discourse, tech companies are having to take greater control of what’s published on their platforms. Increasingly active on social media, American Boomers are caught up in the misinformation wars - but what draws them to fake news?