Thursday, November 14, 2024

Coronavirus: misinformation is leading to ‘fake news’ anxieties in Dutch refugee communities

By Ilse van Liempt, Mieke Kox, for The Conversation The coronavirus pandemic has led to a crisis among asylum seekers and refugees in the Netherlands....

A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the...

By Andrew M. Guess, Michael Lerner, Benjamin Lyons, Jacob M. Montgomery, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler, and Neelanjan Sircar, for PNAS Read PDF here. PNAS first published June 22, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.192049811 Edited by David G. Rand,...

The little things — pop-ups, notifications, warnings — work to fight fake news, new...

By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard...

Fake: Ukraine Threatens Russia with War

Russian media completely distorted an interview that the commander of Ukraine’s Naval Forces Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neyizhpapa gave to the Odesa site Dumska, claiming...

The secret labs conspiracy: a converging narrative

By EU vs Disinfo Some observers have recently argued about a convergence of narratives between pro-Kremlin and Chinese disinformation networks. We have taken a closer...

False “Rainbow” Flag Operation: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No.291)

Fake: Ukraine hands over nearly half of its budget to western creditors. Kyiv uses Pentagon aid against Donbas civilian population. LGBT Rainbow flag over...

Fake: EU Delegation Visits Crimea

Scores of Russian media announced last week that a delegation of European Union politicians and experts had traveled to Russian occupied Crimea on a...

Decisive year for Putin

The leap year 2020, difficult and complicated for the world, seems to be also the decisive year for Russian president. Vladimir Putin is trying...

Interpol denies issuing red notices for Donald Trump, U.S. officials, as Iran claimed

By Polygraph Press TVIranian state TV channel“A senior Iranian judge says INTERPOL Red Notices have been issued for the prosecution of dozens of military and...

Facebook uses Ukrainian nazis to fight Russia, and other absurdities

By EU vs Disinfo Dealing with disinformation is often psychologically draining – both for its creators as well as for those fighting against it. To be constantly...