The team of The newspaper He compiled a compilation of the misinformation that has been spread about the presidential elections In recent months, several fake news stories have been circulating on social media and messaging platforms related to the presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, July 28. The content disseminated has addressed falsehoods about several of … Read more
The organization VE Sin Filtro indicated that the IPYS Venezuela website was also blocked by the main Internet providers. The Venezuelan Observatory of Fake News reported on July 12 that its website had been blocked by the country’s main Internet providers. With this, it became the third verification portal for fake news and disinformation whose … Read more
After the intense well being situation of the spouse of the governor of Chiapas Rutilio Escandón, Rosalinda López Hernández, was introduced, her loss of life was introduced on June 5. On his social community, the previous governor of Tabasco and Rosalinda’s brother, Adán Augusto López Hernández, shared the information. “This morning my sister Rosalinda López … Read more
Just a few hours following the announcement of Alexei Navalny’s death, users circulated a photo of his widow posing smiling on a beach next to another man on the Internet, with comments stating or implying that the photo had been taken in recent days and thus accusing her of faking her grief in the public … Read more
The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, leads a coordinated attack on television, radio and the Internet once morest pop diva Mariana Lali Espósito. Like the American Donald Trump with Taylor Swift, Milei has chosen the popular Argentine singer as his bête noire in the artistic field. Lali is not the only star in the country … Read more
A special report published this morning by the Israel Democracy Institute regarding consumption habits and the public’s trust in the media and social networks reveals that Internet news sites are the main means of communication through which the Israeli public consumes news. Social networks are leaving traditional media behind, photo: AFP 63% state that they … Read more
2023-12-19 05:00:00 It is a course intended to check students’ digital skills which should have gone off without a hitch. However, on that September day, a photo of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 21, 1969, turned this lesson into the irrational. “The physical sciences teacher found herself faced with two final year students … Read more
2023-11-25 10:52:03 Sensitivity to conspiracy beliefs, interest in alternative therapies… Seeking health information on social networks rather than from a doctor or general media leads not only to a low level of medical knowledge but also to refusing or abandoning care, estimates a survey* published by the Descartes Foundation. In partnership with the National Academy … Read more