Infodemic

Can a Keyboard Crusade Stem the Vaccine Infodemic?

In October, the organization launched a similar project to peel back the curtain on anti-vaccine activism online. With funding from the New York State Health Foundation, PGP purchases data from Zignal Labs—petabytes of public posts on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, web forums, and other websites. PGP’s team of social network analysts parse the data and […]

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Fake News and Bad Bots: The Next Infodemic Weapon

At a time when transparency and facts are essential, an infodemic undermines the public’s trust in information. Disinformation and fake news, which drives fear and doubt among people, can easily become a weapon of influence and political bias — with far-reaching social, economic and geopolitical implications. In this digital era, we consume information from multiple