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Are tools such as pre-bunking, strong legislation and public literacy enough to halt disinformation?
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.
Will we ever be free of bad information or do we simply learn coping strategies to keep up the fight?
The Irish Cancer Society said the majority of cancers occur for reasons “out of anyone’s control”.
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?
Jones previously claimed that the Sandy Hook school shootings did not happen.
Research has found that climate misinformation is usually produced by well-resourced organisations rather than at grassroots level.
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.
Watch our expert panel discussion on how to stop misinformation.
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?
Misinformation is becoming increasingly hard to avoid, and its effects are deeply harming society. Who should be leading the charge against it?
Is it even winnable at all? Or is false information just a fact of life now?
Some anti-vaccine accounts on social media have now have turned to spreading lies about Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine.
Disinformation is significant aspect of the crisis unfolding in eastern Europe.
See how we’re fighting misinformation and disinformation every month.
In the first 14 hours of the invasion fact-checkers had already found 34 pieces of disinformation about the conflict.
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.
Neil Young has accused Spotify of “spreading fake information about vaccines — potentially causing death”.
“Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” the singer said.
Social media claims this photo shows the cap was on the needle, meaning the injection didn’t happen.
We talked to experts about how to approach that Facebook theory-loving family member.
The ISD report details some of the main players in Ireland’s anti-lockdown movement.
Cahill has made a number of false or misleading claims about the coronavirus over the course of the pandemic.
World Doctors Alliance was co-founded by former UCD Professor Dolores Cahill.
It found that 85% of young people have been exposed to misinformation about sexual health.
Frances Haugen has called for the social media giant to be regulated.
Facebook’s annual revenue has more than doubled since 2018 to a projected $102.5 billion (£88 billion) this year.
YouTube has removed more than 130,000 videos since last year for violating its Covid-19 vaccine policies.
One video of the incident shows about 25 people present at the demonstration.
Most of the complaints, 739, related to posts on Twitter.
At least two such incidents have occurred at Irish hospitals in recent days.
A spokesperson for the hospital urged anyone with concerns about care to get in contact.
The operation targeted primarily India and Latin America.
A solicitor whose name appears on the letters has clarified that he is not involved with the group.
YouTube said “numerous” offending videos have now been removed.
Facebook rejected the criticism saying its efforts to get facts out are ‘saving lives’.
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