By Dr. Eileen Culloty Dr Eileen Culloty is a postdoctoral researcher at the DCU FuJo Institute where she works on countering disinformation as part of the EU Provenance project. False and misleading information is a major threat to social and political stability. It is implicated in the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, efforts to undermine the political process, and
By Dr Niamh Kirk This year’s digital news report Ireland once again highlighted the on-going worries over misinformation with 62% of people surveyed saying that they are concerned about misinformation online. Two years ago, a range of digital media companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft signed up to the EC Code of Practice on Disinformation.
Author: Ryan Meade Ryan is Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager for Google in Ireland and is a member of the National Advisory Council on Online Safety. The internet has provided an essential form of communication and entertainment during the Coronavirus pandemic. Families have had to face a new reality, of juggling work, school, and play
We probably all feel a little guilty when we get our weekly screen time report from our respective smart devices, but it’s probably become even harder to look at now since lockdown began back in March. Had someone told any of us this time last year how much time we would be spending online 12
By Martina Chapman The Digital News Report 2020 (Ireland) shows that 62% of Irish people are concerned about what is real and what is fake online. It is very important to raise awareness of the volume of false or misleading information as well as its impact and the risks, which is why it is useful to hear
By Isabelle Courtney 26th May 2020 There is no doubt that the Coronavirus has led to an explosion of new words and phrases and this new vocabulary, in many ways helps us make sense of the world we now inhabit. Among the plethora of new terms, Infodemic, is increasingly being used in relation to the rise in COVID-19
Covid-19 has changed how a lot of us, especially our children, are learning and gaining valuable insights into parenting needs in relation to online safety and digital literacy is more important than ever. The Council of Europe are undertaking a new parenting survey on digital citizenship education and are inviting all parents, grandparents, carers and
By Rebecca Lennon, Regulatory Affairs Advisor at Ofcom. As a response to the Covid-19 outbreak, Ofcom has been looking at how people are getting news and information about the crisis. We have been carrying out an online Covid-19 news and information survey of 2,000 UK participants aged 16 and over each week since the beginning of the lockdown.