With the WHO recently warning that the battle against COVID-19 is “nowhere near over,” governments and media bodies must prepare themselves for the continuing struggle…
Misinformation spread over social media has been a significant concern for government and medical officials over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Irish government…
A new First Draft report for the Council of Europe lays out a new definitional framework for thinking about information disorder, provides an overview of current…
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…
Writing for American Press Institute, Leslie Caughell (Virginia Wesleyan University) reports on research examining the characteristics that improve audience acceptance of fact checking. The number of…
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…
Online misinformation and the wider post-truth culture of belief-driven knowledge are severely undermining the civic and democratic roles of journalism. Addressing this challenge calls for…
Fake news has become a scapegoat explanation for why Hilary Clinton lost the US presidential election. But the problem of misinformation is much more complicated and…