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Universities across the world are in a strong position to sidestep the hype and help regulators and public communicators of all kinds respond quickly and effectively to the threat of online disinformation in time for the next big year of elections. Agile, well-informed regulation is achievable.

Numbers have unique power in public discourse but have often been used in misleading ways. There is a long history of spurious numerical claims about climate change, public health, and immigration. Poor objective and subjective numeracy also mean many people struggle to judge statistics. Using data from our in-depth, longitudinal qualitative fieldwork, in our new article we explore how people gauge the trustworthiness of numerical dis- and misinformation on personal messaging platforms.