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Webinar on infodemics - Training

The Forum on Information & Democracy organizes a one-hour webinar on January 27, 2021 at 3.00pm CET on: How to fight against infodemics? Who should turn off the power? What democratic control for the platforms?

Types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformation - Reports

A factsheet on coronavirus misinformation

Fact Checking vs. Fake News - Manuals

A guidebook with tips, tools, and good practices on fact checking and debunking

Data Voids. Where Missing Data Can Easily Be Exploited - Reports

The assumption that for any given query there is some relevant content is not true. When there is little content available, the most relevant content is low-quality or problematic, or both. The paper shows how manipulators expose users to problematic content by exploiting search engine results

European Science-Media Hub (ESMH) - Monitoring tool

An online platform bringing scientist, journalists and policymakers together in order to communicate science better was launched in 2017 as a project of the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA)

Understanding our political nature - Reports

New insights into the analysis of political behaviour arrive from the behavioural sciences, social sciences, and humanities: how and why emotions, values, identity, and reason affect the way people think, talk, and take decisions, including on political issues. In 100 pages, an overview with suggestions for a future research agenda

NewsGuard - Monitoring tool

A browser extension rating news websites based on their trustworthiness.

IJF19: Technology and automation in the fight against misinformation - HTML5 video

Numerous developments and initiatives that aim to counter the spread of false information with the aid of technology have emerged.

IJF19: Beyond fake news: what's next for tackling online misinformation - HTML5 video

James Ball surveys the landscape almost three years after "fake news" became the word of the year.

The backfire effect - Reports

The  backfire effect happens when debunking an ideological belief reinforces rather than weaken the belief itself. Full Fact’s Research Manager Amy Sippitt reviewed seven studies about backfire effect, concluding that it may occur only in some cases