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Taming misinformation

During the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation about the effects of 5G became more prominent. : Ivan Radic, Flickr CC BY 2.0 (https://bit.ly/3ETaWdb)

Time-starved internet users are developing strategies to cope with misinformation. Understanding how they do it can shape news coverage moving forward.

Taming misinformation

Righting the wrongs of misinformation merchants

Time-starved internet users are developing strategies to cope with misinformation. Understanding how they do it can shape news coverage moving forward.

Technology
The Wire’s story alleged collusion between India’s government and Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. : Solen Feyissa, Unsplash Unsplash licence (https://unsplash.com/license)

A scandal involving a fake email, two computer cryptographers and a politician is a lesson for all media before India’s run of elections.

Taming Misinformation

India’s Wire scandal a lesson for media

A scandal involving a fake email, two computer cryptographers and a politician is a lesson for all media before India’s run of elections.

Politics
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has dismissed previous criticism of his government, claiming it was based on “disinformation and hoaxes”. : U.S. Embassy, Jakarta, Flickr Public domain

With an election looming and controversial law reform on its way, Indonesia’s government is set to ratchet up its well-oiled propaganda machine.

Taming misinformation

Indonesia’s misinformation army ready for war in 2023

With an election looming and controversial law reform on its way, Indonesia’s government is set to ratchet up its well-oiled propaganda machine.

Politics
Misinformation on Twitter is rising under the watch of new CEO Elon Musk. : U.S. Air Force photo by Van Ha, Wikimedia Commons Public domain

Seeing might not be believing going forward as digital technologies make the fight against misinformation even trickier for embattled social media giants.

Next-gen chatbots

Elon’s Twitter ripe for a misinformation avalanche

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Alternate truths, conspiracy theories and deceptive information are commonplace in the information wild west. (Michael Joiner, 360info) : Michael Joiner, 360info

Much like the US Capitol riots, Brazil’s violent uprising shows how quickly misinformation can degrade a democracy.

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What it takes to stop misinformation

Society
Misinformation and conspiracy theories have been invoked to enflame anti-vaccination sentiment. (Ivan Radic, Flickr) : Ivan Radic, Flickr CC BY 4.0

Misinformation has found a home with conspiracy theorists, some exploiting political divisions and others convinced of its truth.

Taming misinformation

Gates, Fauci and the NWO: inside Australia’s far-right silos

Politics
Algorithms heavily influenced the information we see on our digital devices — but we know very little about how they are designed. (Camilo Jimenez, Unsplash : Camilo Jimenez, Unsplash CC BY 4.0

Algorithms hugely impact our consumption of news, media and much more but very little is known about how they do it.

Taming misinformation

Ubiquitous and mysterious, algorithms are ruling our lives

Technology
The advertising industry is one of the driving funders of disinformation platforms, often unwittingly. (Eleni Afiontzi, Unsplash) : Eleni Afiontzi, Unsplash CC BY 4.0

Disinformation is a profitable business, and one of the most effective ways to slow its spread is to take away the advertising money unwittingly funding it.

Taming misinformation

Defunding the disinformation money machine

Technology
During Angela Merkel’s tenure as German Chancellor, the country enacted and refined harsh laws targeting online speech.(Kuhlmann, MSC, Wikimedia Commons) : Kuhlmann, MSC, Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0

Balancing freedom of expression with targeting misinformation is an ongoing challenge, the approaches to tackle it highly variable.

Taming misinformation

Cracking the code to cut back misinformation

Politics