All posts tagged "disinformation"
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Why countering climate misinformation must be a priorityDiscussing the open letter on curbing disinformation published during the COP29 conference, Pallavi Sethi, a policy fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, argues governments have
- Posted December 20, 2024
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Five ways for governments to better tackle foreign disinformationBy: Nicole Jackson, associate professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University Responding to foreign disinformation poses many challenges. Recent revelations about foreign interference in Canada illustrate some of them.
- Posted July 31, 2024
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Election disinformation: how AI-powered bots work and how you can protect yourself from their influenceSocial media platforms have become more than mere tools for communication. They’ve evolved into bustling arenas where truth and falsehood collide. Among these platforms, X stands out as a prominent
- Posted April 24, 2024
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UK minister defends government’s rebranded Counter Disinformation UnitMinister Jonathan Berry has defended the UK government’s anti-disinformation unit following questions about its transparency and controversy over online posts flagged for deletion. The unit, which is linked to Britain’s
- Posted February 26, 2024
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Defeating disinformation: how to create a healthier national conversationBad actors are poisoning the information well from which populations drink in the democratic world. In the final part of our investigation into overseas interference in elections, Matt Ross asks
- Posted February 11, 2024
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A subtle opponent: China’s influence operationsChina’s attempts to influence electorates in the democratic world are far more targeted and less destructive than the tactics deployed by Russia – but that doesn’t make them any less
- Posted January 28, 2024
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Russia’s elections toolkit: dollars, disruption and disinformationHack and leak, astroturfing, perception hacking, reputation laundering: Russia has devised an armoury of new techniques to weaken and distract its opponents. In this second part of our investigation into
- Posted January 21, 2024
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Organised chaos: how Russia weaponised the culture warsSocial divisions, conspiracy theories and populist politics are rife in the democratic world. And these are not just home-grown problems: Russia and other hostile states have deliberately stoked internal dissent,
- Posted January 14, 2024
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Indian government to establish fact-checking network; Australia’s Robodebt inquiry delayed: policy & delivery news in briefGlobal Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Indian government working to establish network of ‘trusted fact checkers’ India’s Ministry of Electronics
- Posted February 23, 2023
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Escaping the echo chamber: how governments are combating disinformation
Consecutive crises such as the coronavirus pandemic and war in Ukraine have prompted a spike in the spread of misinformation and propaganda online. This is a worrying trend for governments,
- Posted December 21, 2022
