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Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it

Gettyimages Donald Trump derided any critical news coverage as “fake news” and his unwillingness to concede the 2020 presidential election eventually led to the January...

Ivermectin, blood washing, ozone: how long COVID survivors are being sold the next round of miracle cures

Image: Niklas Hamann/Unsplash People with long COVID are going online to look for support. But these valuable discussion forums, chat groups and other online peer-support...

AUSTRALIANS BACK SCIENCE TO STEM TIDE OF MISINFORMATION

Australians overwhelmingly trust in science and scientists - and we strongly fear negative consequences for our society if people don't value science enough, new...

Here’s how disinformation could disrupt the Australian election

Image: Shutterstock Disinformation and foreign interference constitute a grave threat to Western democracies, particularly during elections. Both the 2016 US election and the 2019 UK election were targeted by Russian...

There is, in fact, a ‘wrong’ way to use Google. Here are 5 tips to set you on the right path

Image: Shutterstock I was recently reading comments on a post related to COVID-19, and saw a reply I would classify as misinformation, bordering on conspiracy....

We know politicians lie – but do we care?

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP Claims Prime Minister Scott Morrison is a liar have been piling up. From French President Emmanuel Macron, to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and most recently,...

5 Australian COVID experts on receiving abuse and trolling amid the pandemic

  Image: Shutterstock A survey by the Australian Science Media Centre, published yesterday, found around 20% of the 50 Australian scientists who responded have received threats...

People dropped whisky into their noses to treat Spanish flu. Here’s what else they took that would raise eyebrows today

  Image: Shutterstock We’re researching COVID-19 in a fast-paced world with new data becoming available all the time. We track which interventions work well and which ones don’t. But in...

Want to save the children? How child sexual abuse and human trafficking really work

  Picture: Sandor Szmutko/Shutterstock Millions of kidnapped children are imprisoned in underground tunnels, being sexually abused and tortured by a shadowy global cabal of paedophiles. That,...

Less than half of Australian adults know how to identify misinformation online

  Picture: Shuttlestock For most of us, it’s hard to imagine a media-free day. Understanding what’s happening in the world, maintaining our social media profiles, staying...
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