It’s almost three years since “fake news” became a major talking point and the problem seems more intractable than ever. The major online platforms are…
In 2017, as a member of an alliance uniting 100+ journalists, I took part in the battle against “fake news” for CrossCheck during the French…
The DCU Institute for Future Media and Journalism (FuJo) will lead a €2.4 million EU project to develop new tools for improving how information is shared and…
Journalism’s relationship with the public is at the brink of crisis, if not already in the throes. Public trust in journalism is in decline and…
On Saturday, Professor David Buckingham opened the ‘Critical Media Literacy’ conference hosted by DIT’s Centre for Critical Media Literacy. David is an internationally recognised expert on media literacy education…
In response to criticism about “fake news”, Facebook now applies “Disputed by 3rd Party Fact-Checkers” tags to stories evaluated by impartial organisations. Facebook has also…
A new verification tool for images and video was launched at a meeting of the First Draft Network in Strasbourg on Monday. InVID is free plugin…
In a recent New York Times article, Farhad Manjoo examines how Twitter “exacerbates groupthink” and aids “production and dissemination of propaganda and misinformation.” After last…
Last night, BBC Newsnight highlighted new software for the video manipulation of facial expressions. Combined with advances in voice manipulation, the software has major implications for the…
Good journalism is vital to a functioning democracy, but the current “fake news” narrative disingenuously casts the news media as benign sources of truth.…