The real point of the AP's "fact check" was not to discredit Malone, which they were unable to do given that one of the experts cited didn't even know what he was talking about, by his own admission, but to further press Americans to behave in the way they would prefer.
As far as I can tell, the AP source,Van Bavel, was making a distinction between psychosis and compliance. I suggest those who wish to understand his work actually read it. Here's the link to the Nature piece:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0884-z