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Navigating Truth in an Age of Intellectual Dishonesty
In the age of liquid modernity, as conceptualized by Zygmunt Bauman, journalism faces an existential crisis marked by the dissolution of boundaries between truth...
Russia’s Cyber Crackdown: Sovereignty, Surveillance, and Wartime Control
The rapid growth of digital technologies has transformed how governments interact with their citizens, providing enhanced connectivity and granting states new ways to exert...
Fake News and Propaganda
In an era where information flows at an unprecedented speed, the proliferation of fake news and propaganda has emerged as a critical challenge, demanding...
Tone as important as truth to counter vaccine fake news
By ALEX WHITING
Lack of trust in health authorities, combined with the fear and uncertainty about the disease, created fertile ground for false rumours to spread...
Five fact-checking tips from disinformation experts
Ahead of the International Fact Checking Day on 2 April, we met with the European Digital Media Observatory which is an EU-wide platform to...
Feykovyye Novosti: Russia’s Fake News Laws and International Law
The Russian Federation is well known for being, at the least, an authoritarian state and, at the most, a totalitarian one. In the past...
Malaysia, Covid-19, And The New Fake News Ordinance: Is There A Reason To Be Apprehensive?
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Gursimran*
On 11 March, 2021, the Emergency (Essential Powers) (on disseminating misinformation No. 2) Ordinance 2021 (“The Ordinance”) was issued on...
Disinformation: How to recognise and tackle Covid-19 myths
The outbreak of the coronavirus has led to disinformation that hampers efforts to contain the pandemic. Read on to find out what you can...