You can’t read this blog post: information disorder, content moderation, and freedom of expression online

Blog You can’t read this blog post: information disorder, content moderation, and freedom of expression online Author: Adrià Rodríguez-Pérez, Public Policy Researcher at Scytl On May 3, the world celebrates World Press Freedom Day. According to the United Nations...

Misinformation and COVID-19

Blog Misinformation and COVID-19 Author: Orna Young, Research Director at FactCheckNI We are living through a global health emergency in which the communication of misinformation and disinformation — or  what has been termed “an infodemic” — will quite literally mean...

Gendered Misinformation & Online Violence Against Women in Politics: Capturing legal responsibility?

Blog Gendered Misinformation & Online Violence Against Women in Politics: Capturing legal responsibility? Authors: Dr Kim Barker and Dr Olga Jurasz,  Lecturers in Law at the University of Stirling and at the Open University Social media, and online presences are...

Political Ads and Microtargeting on Social Media: Are Big Tech Breaking Democracy?

Blog Political Ads and Microtargeting on Social Media: Are Big Tech Breaking Democracy? Author: Francesca Zuccotti, Digital Marketing & Communications Manager at Scytl​ The regulation of political advertising on social media has received a lot of attention over...

FCNI gives evidence to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies

Blog FCNI gives evidence to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies Author: Allan Leonard, Co-founder and Editor-in-chief at FactCheckNI Representing FactCheckNI and as part of a four-person panel, I was invited to give evidence to...

Content Management Policies for Combating Misinformation

Blog Content Management Policies for Combating Misinformation Author: Akram Sadat Hosseini, Researcher at Universitaet Koblenz-Landau Misinformation on social media is a broad term to define deceitful content, either manipulated or genuine content taken out of...