Fact-checkers need to learn from ‘disinformation merchants’ to grab more attention
Full Fact's CEO also warned about the creation of a market for "low-quality, high-volume" fact-checking.
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Report finds Gen Z more likely to fact-check information – and believe Covid conspiracies
The research found Gen Z treat social media sceptically – but nonetheless believe more Covid-19 conspiracy theories.
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Misinformation and the US midterms: Reuters on the frontline of US democracy
*Partner content. Reuters editors say some misinformation has become so entrenched it has changed the shape of their election coverage.…
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Two-thirds of British people worry about the spread of fake news
Two thirds of British people are worried about the spread of fake news, making the UK one of the three…
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Regulated media to be exempt from new offences making online disinformation illegal
New criminal offences to combat offensive communications such as harmful Covid-19 disinformation will have a built-in exemption for the press…
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There is widespread mistrust of institutions – that is what leaders from Davos to democratic capitals all over the world…
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Trusted News Initiative: Publishers and tech giants join forces against Covid-19 vaccine disinformation
A group of publishers and tech giants will co-ordinate efforts to remove potentially dangerous Covid-19 vaccine disinformation as the UK…
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MPs seek to make teaching children about online misinformation compulsory at schools
MPs are putting together guidelines for teachers on how to teach children to spot misinformation online. The All-Party Parliamentary Group…
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