Wednesday 21 April, 2021
Our reader documents her relationship with a partner who became an advocate of online conspiracy theories.
From WhatsApp messages to conspiracy theories, we explore how misinformation has evolved over the last 12 months.
Flexible mental health supports, monitoring trends, and countering misinformation are of key importance, Ireland’s first professor of public mental health believes.
The first in a four-part investigation into the growth of far-right activity online in Ireland explores how an anti-immigration agenda infiltrated local activism.
Joe Galvin outlines how far-right groups are capitalising on current frustrations around Covid restrictions.
A false claim involving the chemical, RTÉ and dead infants was made at Saturday’s protest.
Social network will also adopt a strike policy against repeat offenders which could lead to permanent suspension from the platform.
“The problem is that a lot of this information is put up very quickly, a lot of this information is hidden.”
Misinformation is now local, global and transnational all at the same time, writes Shane Creevy.
The Irish Muslim Peace and Integration Council offered the use of a major Dublin Islamic centre for use as a vaccination hub.
The research was carried out by the University of Bristol and King’s College London.
Dr Keshav Sharma died on 11 January.
Videos from inside the Capitol showing police taking selfies with protestors have been verified.
Dr Jane Suiter explores how one of the biggest challenges to public health in 2021 will be conspiracy theories around vaccines.
Emma DeSouza says children and the wider community must be taught the required skills to navigate a digital world.
Dr Ryan said he doesn’t “envy” the Irish government and there are “no easy answers”.
The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that this is incorrect.
The companies have been criticised for their handling of political content recently.
The incorrect claim is being widely shared on social media.
Here are some claims of electoral fraud being spread on social media, and the facts behind those claims.
Posts containing this false claim have been shared on Facebook recently.
Campaigners described the move as a “much-needed, if belated, step” from Facebook.
The leaflet was distributed in the name of Anti-Corruption Ireland, an anti-government group.
The twins also hit out at conspiracy theorists and people who refuse to wear face masks.
Disinformation analyst Ciaran O’Connor says extremist groups online are offering simple answers to complex questions at a time when many people are frustrated.
Fringe groups are feeding off public frustration and misinformation.
The Covid-19 swab is not powerful enough to break through bone, a professor said.
Stephen Donnelly said that misinformation “has been a problem from the outset” of the pandemic.
The figures in question refer to the number of deaths registered for that month so far, not the total number of people who died.
A widely shared Facebook video incorrectly claims that 100 people, not 1,777, have died from the virus in Ireland.
The claim has spread widely on Facebook and Twitter and has caused significant distress.
Variations of the same post have been widely shared on Facebook.
Children aged two to 12 years can get the flu jab for free this year, but it’s not compulsory.
Misinformation has never been more widely shared in Ireland than during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A large amount of misinformation has been shared in Ireland and beyond during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The urge to stop Covid-19 created its own genre of misinformation during the pandemic.
There have been countless claims made about Covid-19. We examined the origins of a select few.
TheJournal.ie is publishing a series of articles about misinformation this weekend.
The story of coronavirus in Ireland can’t be told without also talking about the amount of misinformation that was shared about it.
The story behind one of the most infamous myths of the pandemic.
