The Spectrum of Misinformation

The Spectrum of Misinformation returns with misinformation news, analysis & practical advice for communicators. In News digest, read about BBC delivering misinformation training, RFK Jr's fake citations, TikTok mental health video misinformation, lawyers using AI to make up cases, conspiracy theories about robo-Biden, Area 51, and chemtrails, plus

The Spectrum of Misinformation returns with misinformation news, analysis & practical advice for communicators. In News digest, read about Farage's claims about mental health diagnoses, Pope misinformation, RFK Jr's war on the facts about measles and autism, Portugal's response to dubious election claims, TikTok

Welcome to The Spectrum of Misinformation newsletter with misinformation news, analysis & practical advice for communicators.  In News digest, read about vaccine misinformation and resignations at the FDA, fake facts about a UK mobility scheme and returned people, Meta community note concerns, an Aussie row about off-shore wind farms, and

Welcome to The Spectrum of Misinformation newsletter with misinformation news, analysis & practical advice for communicators.  In News digest, read about US measles misinformation, fake facts about UK research, HPV infertility myths, TikTok's harmful medical test content, misinformation driving people smuggling, how reminders can boost resistance to fake

Welcome to The Spectrum of Misinformation newsletter with misinformation news, analysis & practical advice for communicators. In News digest, read about misinformation attacks on Europe and USAID, independent news cuts, AI chatbots crashing the headlines, Indian social media crackdown, Canadian health misinformation on the rise. Find out how the latest

Who generates fake news? Why do they do it? And do their motives matter? In the first of five articles I'll be investigating Generators, the people who unleash a fake news storm, then sit back and watch the chaos unfold... Recap: decoding the spectrum When I started researching

Welcome to The Spectrum of Misinformation newsletter with misinformation news, analysis & practical advice for communicators. In News digest, discover issues with China's AI chatbot, Trump's first week false claims, Apple's AI news backtrack, TikTok's German influence, the impacts of Meta'

Welcome to The Spectrum of Misinformation newsletter: bringing you misinformation news, analysis & practical advice for communicators. In News digest, read-up about misinformation and grooming gangs, a medic's TikTok worries, AI fake victims, failures on conspiracy theories and extremism, WhatsApp fake-busting tools, Finns' circle of trust. There&

Are the media an ally in the fight against misinformation or part of the problem? My advice would be: it depends, which is why you need to "pick your battles" and consider when (and when not) to intervene carefully. Some challenges, such as how to talk about false

Welcome to The Spectrum of Misinformation newsletter bringing you the latest misinformation news, in-depth analysis, and practical advice for communicators. In News digest catch-up on Trump's vaccines comments, fake news in the Romanian & US elections, how outrage makes things go viral, AI derailing misinformation testimony, media moves,

Welcome to The Spectrum of Misinformation newsletter bringing you the latest misinformation news, in-depth analysis, and practical advice for communicators. In News digest catch-up on US threats to misinformation research, responses to the dropped Australian disinformation bill, fact-checking for influencers, CDC nomination, and misinformation links in UK politics. There'

When looking to respond to a misinformation attack a key challenge is how to talk about the false claims without spreading them. If the claim is that "X causes Y" it might seem obvious to say something direct such as "X does not cause Y". But

Welcome to The Spectrum of Misinformation newsletter bringing you the latest misinformation news, in-depth analysis, and practical advice for communicators. In News digest catch-up on US election fallout, an Aussie legal row, new research, why we fall for AI fakes, and X's chief super-spreader. There's an

A Trump victory was always going to be bad news for facts. But after even a glance at his first nominees for key government positions it's hard not to conclude that the misinformers will be in charge. So far we have: Pete Hegseth (Defense), who previously suggested Democrats

What do we mean when we call something misinformation? Is that the same as calling it disinformation? And what's prebunking? Misinformation research comes with its own language, a barrage of technical terms whose familiar-sounding words are subtle and slippery. Take misinformation itself. This is defined as incorrect or

I don’t know exactly when my ‘down the rabbit hole’ moment was: The first time I got that sinking feeling misinformation wasn’t only misleading gullible people and conspiracy theorists, it was putting lives at risk. (If you think that's an exaggeration you should read this). Misinformation