*Result*: Enhancing Trust or Fostering Misjudgment? Assessing the Impact of Emerging Geographic Information Displays on Social Media Users' Information Trust.

*Recently, social media platforms like Weibo have introduced mandatory IP address displays to enhance information evaluation, but their effectiveness remains unclear. In this study, we conducted an online experiment with 722 participants to examine the effectiveness of mandatory IP address displays under different conditions (none, matched, unmatched, unknown) on social media. This study investigated how these conditions influence users' trust in social media information and whether this process is moderated by users' patterns of social media usage. Results showed that matched IPs increased trust, unmatched IPs reduced it, and unknown IP labels were perceived as neutral. Frequent social media use and active participation correlated with higher trust in the presented information, indicating susceptibility to misinformation. Trust in technology also amplified trust in social media information under unknown or mismatched IPs. These findings highlight risks in over-relying on social media features, emphasizing the need for careful design to counter misinformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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