by eran | 29 Mar 2022 | News
The effects of fake news aren’t limited to politics. Disinformation from rumours and coordinated campaigns can threaten companies’ reputations and profitability, and even influence financial markets. For example, conspiracy theories around the effects of...
by eran | 22 Mar 2022 | News
Fake news was, unsurprisingly, a concern during the 2020 US presidential elections. Fake news is 70% more likely to be shared than real news and in the run up to the 2016 election, it accounted for 6% of all news. Fake news about voter fraud was widely spread...
by eran | 18 Mar 2022 | News
Disinformation is prevalent online – particularly on social media – and is often designed to manipulate you into giving away something valuable. Here are three recent examples of how scammers have used disinformation. 1. Charity-based scams As we touched...
by eran | 15 Mar 2022 | News
Social media offers many opportunities for scammers to make money. And, they have few concerns about exploiting tragedy. For example, the current war in Ukraine has seen many con artists asking for ‘donations’. TikTok makes it easier to spread fake news Whilst scams...
by eran | 11 Mar 2022 | News
The term ‘fake news’ is regularly used to refer to disinformation and misinformation, terms often used interchangeably. However, there is a subtle, but major, difference. What is disinformation? Disinformation is the intentional spreading of false information....
