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 […]