Covid-19, schools, and the dangers of unintentional misinformation
Not all misinformation is intentional. Sometimes the angle we take on a story, and the headline we use, can leave completely the wrong impression in a reader's mind.
Not all misinformation is intentional. Sometimes the angle we take on a story, and the headline we use, can leave completely the wrong impression in a reader's mind.
The tech VC community shows its true face, social media gets toxic and… Oh, can we just have a break, please?
Yes, there are problems with how journalists behave on social media. But the solutions are unlikely to be straightforward.
In the quest for people's beliefs, a thousand little lies are more powerful than a single big truth.
Your lunchtime digest of social and digital news, reminding us of Facebook's indifference, and the impact of Covid-19 on what is important reporting right now…
Google fights back against Covid-19 misinformation, YouTube prepares its TikTok clone and the click frauders gear up…
Thanks to the internet, our information ecosystem is bigger than ever — but it is becoming polluted and may already be toxic. How do we become the solution, not part of the problem?
A major shift in the political landscape of the UK raises some critical questions about the role of truth and journalism in the social media mindscape.
Connecting up some of the reporting about the use of misinformation and propaganda during the 2019 UK general election.