Civil unrest provides an opportune moment for bad actors to spread disinformation and to divide society. Feelings of fear, frustration and resentment can create a volatile information environment.
Fake news can spread quickly, especially fake news that confirms what people want to be true.
After being in place since 1973, the Supreme Court Decision, Roe v. Wade, was overturned on June 24, 2022.
It’s difficult to combat vaccine misinformation, as anti-vax and anti-science groups have strong organization and distrust of authority.
There can be a misconception that research and the scientific process provide absolute truth, but scientific knowledge is always tentative and subject to revision.
Covid-19 is not alone in its pernicious spread, causing mass hysteria among the public. Another pandemic has ravaged communities, taking advantage of the chaos caused by Covid-19 — a pandemic of misinformation.
Since the war began, the Kremlin has fed its people a steady diet of misinformation based on the wildest of lies.
Watch the full recording of the panel “To Your Health! Experts on Fact and Fiction in a Pandemic” that took place on March 9th, 2022.
Fake news related to this virus spread rampantly in 2020 through social media platforms, capitalizing on existing anxiety and uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and inciting panic, distrust and chaos.
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