# misinformation - Friday 17 June, 2022
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
Are tools such as pre-bunking, strong legislation and public literacy enough to halt disinformation?
# misinformation - Thursday 5 May, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
The Good Information Project has been looking at the fight against misinfo and disinfo, and this week on the podcast we’re taking a look at how factchecking and how it works.
# misinformation - Sunday 1 May, 2022
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
Will we ever be free of bad information or do we simply learn coping strategies to keep up the fight?
# misinformation - Monday 25 April, 2022
# Cancer Risk
# Cancer Risk
The Irish Cancer Society said the majority of cancers occur for reasons “out of anyone’s control”.
# misinformation - Sunday 24 April, 2022
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
The EU has spent 18 months looking into how malicious foreign actors are manipulating public debate. It has plans for how to stop them – but will they work?
# misinformation - Tuesday 19 April, 2022
# Sandy Hook
# Sandy Hook
Jones previously claimed that the Sandy Hook school shootings did not happen.
# misinformation - Monday 18 April, 2022
# Climate Misinformation
# Climate Misinformation
Research has found that climate misinformation is usually produced by well-resourced organisations rather than at grassroots level.
# misinformation - Thursday 14 April, 2022
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Social media posts claim ‘football practice is off the schedule’ as one of Ukraine’s most successful teams kits out in army combats to join the mililtary.
# misinformation - Tuesday 12 April, 2022
# TGIP Live
# TGIP Live
Watch our expert panel discussion on how to stop misinformation.
# misinformation - Thursday 7 April, 2022
# Over To You
# Over To You
We want to hear about how disinformation and misinformation have popped up in your life. What effect has dodgy information had on you and your loved ones?
# FAKE NEWS
# FAKE NEWS
Misinformation is becoming increasingly hard to avoid, and its effects are deeply harming society. Who should be leading the charge against it?
# misinformation - Wednesday 6 April, 2022
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
Is it even winnable at all? Or is false information just a fact of life now?
# misinformation - Monday 28 March, 2022
# Analysis
Russian website are increasingly using the fact-check and debunk format to sow doubt about what's happening in Ukraine, Brianna Parkins writes. Social media feeds have recently featured red stamps declaring things as 'fake' that are actually real. Experts suggest that traditional fact-check formats will have to adapt to combat the problem.
# misinformation - Sunday 13 March, 2022
# Propaganda
# Propaganda
Some anti-vaccine accounts on social media have now have turned to spreading lies about Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine.
# misinformation - Tuesday 1 March, 2022
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Disinformation is significant aspect of the crisis unfolding in eastern Europe.
# misinformation - Friday 25 February, 2022
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
See how we’re fighting misinformation and disinformation every month.
# misinformation - Thursday 24 February, 2022
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
In the first 14 hours of the invasion fact-checkers had already found 34 pieces of disinformation about the conflict.
# misinformation - Sunday 6 February, 2022
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
The SciComm Collective, launched In the first half of last year, was intended to get the government’s Covid-19 messaging out to young people.
# misinformation - Sunday 30 January, 2022
# Your Say
# Your Say
Neil Young has accused Spotify of “spreading fake information about vaccines — potentially causing death”.
Parts of the anti-lockdown movement have shifted their focus since restrictions were eased last week, Stephen McDermott writes. Sceptics and conspiracy theorists believe the Government announcement precedes a bigger crisis. Recent events suggest the movement may be becoming more regionalised and attracting smaller numbers.
# misinformation - Saturday 29 January, 2022
# Joe Rogan
# Joe Rogan
“Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” the singer said.
# misinformation - Wednesday 19 January, 2022
# Debunked
# Debunked
Social media claims this photo shows the cap was on the needle, meaning the injection didn’t happen.
# misinformation - Sunday 16 January, 2022
# Misinformation
A search of Facebook’s ad library this week found 40 ads sharing pandemic-related misinformation or Covid-sceptic slogans, Stephen McDermott writes. Advertisers included a company selling t-shirts, video bloggers promoting and a firm offering a 'vaccine detox' retreat in the south of Spain. A Government TD described the level of misinformation in the ads as "absolutely startling".
# misinformation - Sunday 19 December, 2021
# Talking Points
# Talking Points
We talked to experts about how to approach that Facebook theory-loving family member.
# misinformation - Wednesday 15 December, 2021
# Covid Sceptics
# Covid Sceptics
The ISD report details some of the main players in Ireland’s anti-lockdown movement.
# misinformation - Monday 13 December, 2021
# Covid Misinformation
# Covid Misinformation
Cahill has made a number of false or misleading claims about the coronavirus over the course of the pandemic.
# misinformation - Friday 22 October, 2021
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
World Doctors Alliance was co-founded by former UCD Professor Dolores Cahill.
# misinformation - Tuesday 12 October, 2021
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
It found that 85% of young people have been exposed to misinformation about sexual health.
# misinformation - Wednesday 6 October, 2021
# Frances Haugen
# Frances Haugen
Frances Haugen has called for the social media giant to be regulated.
# misinformation - Monday 4 October, 2021
# Facebook
# Facebook
Facebook’s annual revenue has more than doubled since 2018 to a projected $102.5 billion (£88 billion) this year.
# misinformation - Wednesday 29 September, 2021
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
YouTube has removed more than 130,000 videos since last year for violating its Covid-19 vaccine policies.
# misinformation - Monday 20 September, 2021
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
One video of the incident shows about 25 people present at the demonstration.
# misinformation - Friday 17 September, 2021
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
Most of the complaints, 739, related to posts on Twitter.
# misinformation - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Viral Video
# Viral Video
At least two such incidents have occurred at Irish hospitals in recent days.
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
A spokesperson for the hospital urged anyone with concerns about care to get in contact.
# misinformation - Tuesday 10 August, 2021
# Disinformation Laundromat
# Disinformation Laundromat
The operation targeted primarily India and Latin America.
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
A solicitor whose name appears on the letters has clarified that he is not involved with the group.
# misinformation - Saturday 7 August, 2021
# Interview
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer outlines what actions he has taken since March 2020, Cónal Thomas reports. Glynn says it is critical to act preemptively when false claims are made online. He cautious against speaking with certainty in uncertain times.
# misinformation - Sunday 1 August, 2021
# YouTube
# YouTube
YouTube said “numerous” offending videos have now been removed.
# misinformation - Friday 16 July, 2021
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
Facebook rejected the criticism saying its efforts to get facts out are ‘saving lives’.
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