Blog Why do people trust emotions more than facts? Misinformation and Politics in the Post-Truth era. Misinformation, disinformation, and post-truth facts (varyingly called “lies”, “fake news”, and everything in between) are worrisome: their creeping existence is...
Blog Why do people believe in ‘fake news’ and share it on social media? On March 9th 2018, MIT researchers Soroush Vosoughi, Deb Roy and Sinan Aral published their work in Science – it was praised as the “largest-ever study on fake news” – confirming what we all...
Blog Co-Inform team gathers in Stockholm. On December 4th and 5th 2018, Co-Inform multidisciplinary Consortium gathered in Stockholm to track the progress of the project and to define a common methodology for the workshops taking place in early 2019....
Blog What is fact-checking and why is it important? The Oxford Dictionary describes fact-checking as a process seeking to “investigate (an issue) in order to verify the facts”. However, while instructive, this necessarily concise definition is limited in its...
Blog How is Co-Inform aligned with the EU strategy to tackle disinformation? A European approach to tackle online disinformation was first outlined in April 2018 with the EU Commission’s Communication, Tackling online disinformation: a European Approach. The...
Blog How will Co-Inform Tackle Misinformation and Make a Difference in our Society? What is the issue? Misinformation is one of the most pressing issues that the online world is facing today. Digital technology has advanced at lightning speed, and algorithms used by...
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