In the new issue of ‘Migration Policy Practice’ you will find an exclusive article on COVID-19 and misinformation in the field of migration.
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Beyond Fact-Checking: Network Analysis Tools for Monitoring Disinformation in Social Media
‘Truth is the first vaccination! Workshop of e-literacy against disinformation about Covid-19 in Europe’ on May 21st, 2020 at 10:00 AM (CET).
We have the most exciting news: Our Twitter account @SOMAObservatory was just verified!
On 2 April 2020, SOMA partner Pagella Politica launched a new project, called Facta (https://facta.news/). Facta is an online platform entirely devoted to debunking hoaxes – i.e. non political fact-checking.
The SOMA Network has decided to publish a new article to lay out the evidence against this bogus correlation, to illustrate the real consequences of sharing these hoaxes and to give you some tools to counteract this disinformation campaign.
In the same way of legitimate news outlets, disinformation websites have a tendency to focus again and again on some beloved topics. One of these is the idea that 5G technology is harmful to human health, a claim that is has been repeatedly debunked.
In recent weeks, a series of false news on Covid-19 – a disease that has originated in China and that is now spreading around the entire globe – have been circulating on social media and disinformation websites.
Our civilization has benefited tremendously from the discoveries and breakthroughs in fundamental science. However, citizens remain largely ignorant regarding the nature of modern scientific discoveries..
In a globalized world, viruses have the potential to spread rapidly across the human population in all continents. However, these pathogens spread at a rate that pales in comparison with the speed at which false news on those very pathogens is disseminated online.