Not making a political point but I did love hearing a The SNP spokesman on #bbcwato denounce the Scottish Greens as “fair weather friends” … for different approaches to climate change and independence

Sarah Montague

💯👇 & not just UK political parties, either

(with elections in the EU, India, South Africa, US & so many other countries this year)

Who needs AI deep fakes when you have human journalists who make things up and promote conflict?

Just back from taking my 59- year-old self on an hour-long Sunday run and I see this online 😂

Suspect this image was created by someone in their 20s. Fair?

'Fact-checks enjoy greater visibility in Google Web Search compared to the articles they seek to correct, both in terms of frequency of appearance and their placement within the SERP rankings'
Kamila Koronska Richard Rogers find, imply 'moderation effects' dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114…

People who don’t like fact-checking: it’s about ‘censorship’ & limiting access to information

Reality of what fact-checkers do: 👇🏻

For all those imagining AI will replace human factchecking any time soon ...

I've done a short interview with Nordicom about our latest research on how journalists use the terms fake news, junk news, misinformation, and disinformation.
nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/fa…

For Elon Musk's view see below:

For fuller picture: 'Disinformation most active on X, formerly known as Twitter, EU says'
bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

How can fact-checkers fight misinformation & scams on an encrypted platform like WhatsApp?

This well-named voice-note podcast - from Africa Check and Volume Podcasts - has found a way - reaching out to users to identify false claims & share its factchecks 👇

Such a big fan of FactCheckNI. Well worth a like and subscribe

This is great to see Saja H. Mortada

Remind me - again - of another sector where organisations work together like this to make the community as a whole stronger?