Taming misinformation

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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

In the move to a more sustainable and safer future, tackling road accident injuries and fatalities will require a more concerted effort.

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Cyber scams are rising globally, targeting the vulnerable, especially youth. Understanding tactics and regional efforts is key to a safer cyberspace.

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.

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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.

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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.

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Elon’s Twitter ripe for a misinformation avalanche

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

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What it takes to stop misinformation

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

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Ubiquitous and mysterious, algorithms are ruling our lives

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

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

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

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Defunding the disinformation money machine

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.

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Cracking the code to cut back misinformation

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

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Journalists step in where platforms have no answers

Google and Facebook are hoping to improve their news algorithms to provide a more balanced view. Media industry initiatives could have the solution they need.

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Misinformation won’t go away, but media literacy can help fight it

Misinformation won’t disappear, but teaching the community to spot it can strip the falsehoods of their power.

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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

The battle to reduce road deaths

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

India’s Wire scandal a lesson for media

Indonesia’s misinformation army ready for war in 2023

Elon’s Twitter ripe for a misinformation avalanche

What it takes to stop misinformation

Ubiquitous and mysterious, algorithms are ruling our lives

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

Defunding the disinformation money machine

Cracking the code to cut back misinformation

Journalists step in where platforms have no answers

Misinformation won’t go away, but media literacy can help fight it

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