Misinformation

From a Covid Crisis to a Vaccine Crisis: The Case in Iran

posted on June 7, 2021 by Alice Hornsby-George

University of Surrey Tagged With: Coronavirus, Corruption, Democratic Erosion, Iran, Misinformation, vaccine

There is clear cut evidence, both in reports on democracy and through empirical evidence from around the globe, that the trend of the world is in the direction of autocracy, away from the considered …

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Social Media Bans in Iran

posted on May 20, 2021 by Callie Fauntleroy

George Washington University Tagged With: Autocracy, cyber security, Disinformation, Iran, Islamic Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, Misinformation, social media, Technology, Whatsapp

On January 15, 2021, a popular messaging app called Signal, crashed globally. After WhatsApp altered its privacy agreement to share its data with Facebook, Signal saw a surge of new users, prompting …

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Saudi Government Social Media Manipulation

posted on May 20, 2021 by Callie Fauntleroy

George Washington University Tagged With: Autocratic Consolidation, Disinformation, Middle East, Misinformation, Saudi Arabia, social media

Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist and Saudi regime critic, was murdered on October 2nd, 2018 by the Saudi Arabian government inside a Turkish Consulate. Fumbling for a secure alibi that did not exist, the …

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Don’t Trust the Mass Media! Don’t Trust Misinformation! Don’t Trust?

posted on March 25, 2021 by Auston Alderman

Georgia State University Tagged With: Community, Disinformation, Media Literacy, Misinformation, US

The specter of the mainstream media is worrisome and even more so when hearing about the growing concentration of media under a few corporations[1]. There are also issues of misinformation and …

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