Free Post misinformation Election Watch 2019 #1: Lies, Leaks and Dead Squirrels Connecting up some of the reporting about the use of misinformation and propaganda during the 2019 UK general election.
Free Post machine learning Deepfakes aren't the problem yet - their existence is The mere existence of deepfakes is undermining our sense of reality and truth
Free Post community management Engaged journalism, membership models and communities under attack: important new research from the Reuters Institute By deeply researching the audience engagement of three news outlets under sustained assault by hostile organisations, Dr Julie Posetti and team have come up with some vital work
Free Post paywalls Paywalls promote misinformation If all high-quality news becomes paywalled - what will fill the void left behind?
Free Post fake news To beat "Fake News", look to… Finland? Finland has been fighting Russian information warfare for over five years. What have they learnt?
Free Post Twitter Twitter bans voting misinformation Twitter explicitly bans voter suppression tactics on its service.
Free Post misinformation The Momo Challenge: a press-driven panic over a non-existent threat The Momo Challenge has been all over the internet - and the papers. Only one small problem: it doesn't exist.
Free Post whatsapp Facebook attempting to close the WhatsApp stable door, after the viral horse has bolted WhatsApp rolls out a worldwide move to try and limit the spread of disinformation.
Free Post satire Partisan satire and the mechanisms of unintentional misinformation The Washington Post has detailed the vicious circle between two different political groups that is breeding unintentional misinformation - and increasing polarisation
Free Post fake news A caravan of bots, and other news from the misinformation wars Despite the efforts of the social platforms, the bots are getting more active — and more subtle.
Free Post whatsapp India's WhatsApp murders - is this a technology or a human problem? People are dying in India thanks to intentional disinformation being spread over — principally — Facebook's WhatsApp. This needs to be addressed - but how?
Free Post social media mobs WhatsApp, mob justice and the desperate need for a strategic response worldwide Messaging apps are allowing misinformation to spread faster than ever before, and tactical responses aren't working. We need to address this at a societal level, with research and education.
Free Post ad fraud The network of sites supporting fake celeb obituaries Interesting investigation of a network of advertising-driven misinformation sites: This seems to be the newest trick in the book of a group of fake news websites: look for news about
