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...

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...

Media and Information Literacy: Why does it matter?

Blog Media and Information Literacy: Why does it matter? Author: Christiana Varda and Eleni A. Kyza. Media, Cognition and Learning Research Group, Department of Communication and Internet Studies at the Cyprus University of Technology As we navigate the so-called...

Co-Inform Submits Evidence to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies

Blog Co-Inform Submits Evidence to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies Author: Harith Alani, Professor of Web Science at the Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University The UK House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and...

Co-Inform Completes the Second Round of Co-Creation Workshops

Blog Co-Inform Completes the Second Round of Co-Creation Workshops Author: Serena Coppolino Perfumi, PhD Student at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University. Co-Inform has completed its second round of workshops. Citizens, journalists, and policymakers...