#Misinformation

Artyom Korenevsky

SciencePharmer

1/ Public health messaging & #scicomm ≠ therapeutic relationship. Autonomy depends on informed consent. Publicly, we can inform, but ultimately the individual makes a choice. Public misinformation distorts the ability

Ullrich Ecker

UlliEcker

I've been asked a few times recently about how best to debunk misinformation. We've started work on v2 of the popular (but now outdated) Debunking Handbook, but for now, I

Library Girl

jenniferlagarde

For our latest article for @sljournal, we chose the tool @genially_en to demonstrate how interactive images can be used to help guide Ss through a close reading of memes. With

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brechtianfemme

Hey y'all! Let's talk a little bit about high femmes and stone butches, since lately it seems like no one knows what either of them are. THREAD For starters, I'm

Renee DiResta

noUpside

The policy change that Facebook made in 2019 during the Brooklyn measles outbreak involved splitting HEALTH MISINFO ab vaccines off from POLITICAL DEBATES about vaccination. "vaccines cause autism" - no.

Nikki Martinez

DrNikkiMartinez

And his daily substitute rallies are covered w/o censor or edit. Any network that covers them is accomplice to the lives lost. I can't say this simply, truly, and plainly

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Aidobrien

The introduction of mass testing in Liverpool has brought out the COVID deniers and Conspiracy theorists, and I want to talk about what people can do to actually help stop

Olupitan Oluwamuyiwa

muskainoh1

@BabajideOtitoju with all due respect to you Sir, as a wonderful analyst, a reputable historian and veteran journalist with great track record...you made a very bogus comment on your program

Steak-umm

steak_umm

during this pandemic it’s vital to stay wary of charlatans peddling “miracle cures” that are “all natural,” such as colloidal silver or herbal remedies. many people are afraid and extra

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

We are all being exposed to a huge amount of #COVID19 information on a daily basis, and not all of it is reliable.Here are tips for telling the

John Cook

johnfocook

1/8 The last month has underscored the fact that misinformation & science denial is dangerous, can even cost lives. I’ve been applying the critical thinking approach developed for climate misinformation

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kateconger

Second, Twitter is turning off the recommendation algorithm, which surfaces tweets that people you follow have liked. Lots of users have complained about this algorithm, but these kinds of algos

Pratik Sinha

free_thinker

Yesterday, @BPRDIndia released a document which listed @AltNews as a resource that could be consulted to debunk and investigate misinformation. What followed was a complete meltdown of the right-wing and

Adam Tinworth

adders

OK, this stuff makes me cross. COVID-19 is serious enough without reporting research in a way that scares people unnecessarily. For example, this piece from The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/virus-can-live-28-days-on-phone-

Feargore🔪

genderpunktheo

Y’all when talking about the GRC reform in the UK please please be careful. I’m seeing a tonne of misinformation flying around and a lot of young trans kids getting

Jack Chanek

jack_of_wands

Two things are simultaneously true:1) We have a duty to understand our history in order to avoid spreading misinformation and fauxccultism2) Reliable historical sources are often inaccessible, and the language