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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?
Numerous developments and initiatives that aim to counter the spread of false information with the aid of technology have emerged.
James Ball surveys the landscape almost three years after "fake news" became the word of the year.
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
The report analyses how Facebook has tackled specific issues concerning political information and political speech, and then suggests nine ways to make the platform a better forum for free speech and democracy
As a part of the “Global Initiative for Excellence in Journalism Education” UNESCO published an handbook on journalism and disinformation that can be used as a model curriculum.
A report by the Irish Government about the security of elections and referendum in relation with disinformation
This special issue combines insights from seven studies, integrating key findings to advance the understanding of the use of online sources in the news production process, the change of the relationship between journalists and different groups of actors; and the reasons for the use of online sources during journalists’ daily work and the verification of these sources
EU DisinfoLab developed a system for monitoring disinformation based on an identified ecosystem rather than on a series of keywords. They tested it on the 2018 Italian general elections
A complaint to the European Ombudsman about EU vs Disinfo
