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Talking together
Mario Peucker | November 21, 2023The fight against misinformation and disinformation must be combined with rebuilding trust in public institutions, parliaments, governments, the courts, the media and the police and create a more cohesive and less polarised society.
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Countering the conspiracy mongers
Zim Nwokora | November 19, 2023Trying to shut down conspiracy theories with laws and regulation isn’t working so it may be time to try something different.
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Cutting through the noise
Blake Johnson | October 27, 2023Education must play a role in helping the population of democratic nations like Australia sort through the noise on social media and find proper sources of reliable information online.
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Trumping truth with lies
Open Forum | September 7, 2023Conspiratorial content spread on social media platforms during the first Republican presidential debate garnered more than three million views according to QUT researchers who also found that X (formerly Twitter) is a haven for disinformation, especially in spreading the debunked theory that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
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Tackling misinformation through co-regulation
Andrea Carson | July 16, 2023Australia’s new approach to tackling fake news on digital platforms involves more stick and less carrot than previously.
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Misinformation and hallucinations
Gale Sinatra | May 28, 2023Generative Artificial Intelligence is the latest miraculous product of scientific knowledge but could also be used to promote science skepticism and denial.
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Hitting misinformation for six in the Pacific
Romitesh Kant | July 11, 2022A shortage of resources and investment from major digital platforms has left the Pacific region battling a campaign of misinformation and under-moderation.
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Images and distorted facts
Andrew Perfors | June 1, 2022Social media has made it easier to spread information – and lies – than ever before, and understanding how we comprehend the world is the key to sifting facts from fiction.
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Breaking the “illusion of consensus”
Open Forum | February 15, 2022UNSW psychology researchers have produced guidelines for better communication of key messages and ways to avoid misinformation.
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Does misinformation matter?
Paul Kenny | February 1, 2022Are many of the beliefs about the problem of conspiracy theories and misinformation on the internet myths in themselves?
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Booting up AI to combat misinformation
John Cook | December 13, 2021Machine learning could hold the key to understanding and combating online misinformation on climate change and other vital issues.
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Wake up sheeple
Lachlan Gilbert | September 24, 2021Information may be changing as quickly as the COVID-19 virus mutates, but being open and transparent about it fosters trust and social cohesion despite a flood of misinformation online.