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.
Industry news and opinion
WhatsApp reneged on its promise to separate data from Facebook, so why should news organisations care about respecting privacy?
WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy and terms of service to force all but its EU-based users to agree to sharing their data with Facebook, but what if news publishers did the same?
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.
Happy New Year from the Real Press team
At Real Press we’ll be making our own resolutions for 2021 with an eye to the role news should take in a post-COVID society
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.
Take some time out for yourself over the holiday season
As 2020 finally draws to a close, the team at Real Press would like to wish you a happy and well-deserved break
Fake news and theories are not just political
Work to combat digital disinformation has overly focused on political fakery allowing bogus health and science theories to flourish says a popular journalism blog, Nieman Lab.
Celebrities and social influencers are not taking their responsibility to truth seriously
A popular disinformation blog has taken aim at social media influencers saying they have the power to reach millions of followers and should be more aware of their responsibility.
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.
