The world is crying out for justice. In the wake of George Floyd’s death, a global #BlackLivesMatter movement has erupted, demanding justice for black people across the world and calling for an end to systemic […]
Rampant misinformation on social media could yet be the fatal flaw that undermines a coronavirus vaccine. Polling by YouGov for the Center for Countering Digital Hate shows that 31 per cent of Brits would be […]
Voice of Europe, infamous for its Islamophobic and anti-migrant content, has announced it is closing down after Stop Funding Fake News persuaded advertisers to boycott the site. Advertising technology giants like Google knowingly place adverts […]
By blocking these COVID-19 misinformation sites from your ads, you can reduce their income and in turn reduce their impact. Clicks from these sites aren’t just a waste of money – you won’t find many […]
Conspiracy theorists are using a new chat app to ‘gamify’ the spread of dangerous misinformation including coronavirus conspiracies, Holocaust denial and far right racism. Thousands of users frequent ‘servers’ on Discord, a voice and text […]
Figures on Britain’s far-right including Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) and Jayda Fransen have adopted key themes from a hate campaign in India blaming Muslims for coronavirus. A campaign of viral posts and videos bearing […]
New government-backed advice has been published by the Center for Countering Digital (CCDH), a not-for-profit organisation, on what members of the public should do if they encounter misinformation about Covid-19 online. The ‘Don’t Spread The […]