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The consequences of vaccine misinformation have been painfully felt in the last two years. Alongside the tragic and avoidable deaths of those who did not get the vaccine, relationships have suffered and trust across society has been damaged. Through a...
In regulating online spaces, if we treat the problems of harmful content as separate from the problems of harmful systems, we risk not solving either. Addressing disinformation and online violence against women requires a holistic regulatory response. “It should be...
Gendered disinformation is a form of identity-based disinformation that threatens human rights worldwide. It undermines the digital and political rights, as well as the safety and security, of its targets. Its effects are far-reaching: gendered disinformation is used to justify...
Many months of being at home, and the popularity of birdwatching has “soared”. Soon, however, we can also engage in this beloved activity online and tune into the not-always-so-sweet melodies to be found on Twitter. Initiatives like the Big Garden...
As part of our Renew Normal project, Demos is conducting a series of engagement exercises via Polis, an online deliberative tool, to look at how the public view different issues in light of Covid-19. As this is an open-access survey,...
“I have flagged a small number of fake news items (around 5G towers) on social media platforms and no action has been taken.” – Female, 30-39, South West England Covid-19 misinformation has been widely recognised as a serious challenge to...
The public conversation around the source of Covid-19 has been laced with worrying undertones. Almost as soon as the global scale of the pandemic became apparent, conspiracies linking the virus to 5G lit up the internet. Phone masts were burned,...
With talk of new antibody tests almost available to use and the search for a vaccine underway, medical research is at the fore of public conversation, with millions across the globe following every development. We know that the way researchers and...
By Daniel Alphonsus “Ripping apart the social fabric” and “destroying how society works”. These apocalyptic portrayals of social media were once the dirge of neo-luddites. Today they are the words of Chamath Palihapitiya, a Silicon Valley titan and one of...
