Dolly Parton's death caused by vaccines? AI generated religious hucksters are as effective as humans; QAnon's smoothie; The Premier League's failings: incompetence, or cabal? And antisemitism unites the far right and far left.
Meta pays rage-bait content creators and trains its AI on conspiracy theories; A guide to fighting conspiracy theories; Kim Dotcom ❤️ Sue Grey; and more...
H5N1 = Plandemic Take 2? Conspiracies kill Anne Widdecombe; Why do people who trust science also believe conspiracy theories? Why some ideas are easy to believe; Google drops fake satellite image maker.
HAARP and weather warfare; Health disinformation; The psychology of viral disinformation; Even Trump thinks conspiracy theories are out of hand.
Simulacra more believable than real politicians, safety toolkit, poisonous AI, discourse networks, and more...
The linguistics of conspiracy, message drift, snorkeling through bullshit, fake NZ news, conspiracy theories at the movies, and more...
Extremist narratives in Aotearoa, Ebola and conspiracy theories, Don't trust AI to be your fact checker, Into the manoshphere, and The Great Mt Vic Spaghetti Dump of 2018.
Fight Against Conspiracy Theories
Online echo chambers, AI accelerating radicalisation, Canadian mutant super-raccoon armies, Hantavirus conspiracies, and more...
This week, a Broadcast Standards Authority special. Not the commentary piece we wanted to write, but here we are. FACT Aotearoa is disappointed in the Government's decision to disestablish the BSA, and to devolve its duties to a hypothetical voluntary industry body. For many years the BSA has
Online outrage, spotting fake news, Russia's use of AI to run disinformation campaigns, Canada's take on disinformation and public health, social media and targeted voter suppresion, and more...
Liberal democracies can win the cognitive and hybrid war against authoritarians; FIMI and disinformation as global threats; and Rising vaccine skepticism ...
Kia ora koutou and welcome to another FACT newsletter. It’s our first with a new platform (Ghost) so please to excuse any glitches… In this edition We round up recent articles that caught our eye on the conspiracy theory and misinformation beat. We think about the latest report from
It’s not ideal when government inquiries and commissions are hi-jacked into PR for people with a cause. But this is the world we’re in now.
How does anyone ever fall for THAT?
Beware the story that's too good to be true
FACT member Byron reports from the DECULT conference, which brought together experts on cults and high control organisations, including many former members of cults.
How conspiracy theory groups trash real experts and create fake ones
How conspiracy theorists use front groups and pseudo-authorities
"Don't start with Satanic Ritual Abuse"