Google offers 3 million dollars for responsible COVID-19 vaccine journalism
Google is offering US$ 3 million to news and fact-checking organisations that contribute to efforts to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.
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Calling out fake news is probably the worst thing you can do
Fake news may set your blood boiling and threaten the very future of democratic debate, but the best thing you can do is keeping scrolling say a University of Westminster professor.
Retracting a published story – the Internet never forgets
The Atlantic has retracted a story about competitive niche sports, two weeks after publication in its November 2020 magazine, by replacing the original story with an over 900-word retraction notice and apology from the editor.
Fake news and conspiracy peddler revealed to use more than 200 aggregator sites to push fabrications
Another network of fake news and conspiracy pushers has been outed by a service aimed at protecting internet users, NewsGuard.
Survey finds unsolicited fake news might not be a big Facebook problem
Facebook is often considered a leading purveyor of fake news, but a small-scale study in the US shows that this is unlikely to show up in the top 10 of a person’s feed.
Trump plans to start right-wing media company
The defeated President of the United States of America plans to start a right-wing media service to challenge the Murdoch-owned Fox News according to news reports.
Investigative journalism further damaged by COVID-19
A report release in November by the European research project, Media for Democracy Monitor, says the COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted investigative journalism.
Today is International Access to Information Day but a Europe-wide treaty remains largely ignored
It’s International Access to Information Day but a European Convention on Access to Official Documents has garnered only 10 ratifications
World Press Freedom Conference 2020 will be a digital event
The World Press Freedom Conference 2020 will be held on December 9 and 10 in a digital format after multiple cancellations due to COVID-19
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