Post by American Pakistan Foundation

"Khan has spent much of her time at Wellesley investigating how we perceive the truth—especially in places where it intersects with technology. An economics and psychology double major from Lahore, Pakistan, Khan serves as chief justice of the College and is writing her senior thesis on how preexisting biases play out online, affecting our ability to assess misinformation. For the past two years, Khan also has worked at MIT’s Human Cooperation Lab, developing surveys used to study and reduce misinformation on Google, Facebook, and Twitter. In October, Khan received a big boost to her efforts: She was named a Rhodes Scholar for Pakistan. After graduating from Wellesley, Khan will study at Oxford University to investigate how misinformation is created and spread. Her long-term goal: “To stop the spread of misinformation in my country and in the world.” At Oxford, Khan plans to develop what she calls an “interdisciplinary toolkit” to answer questions about emerging technologies and develop frameworks that can strengthen internet governance to combat the spread of misinformation." #RhodesScholarship #Pakistan #Wellesley http://ow.ly/BjPM50LSWR3