The Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and Society
News:Politics
Disinformation warfare is not new to the Baltic States - and they have been boosting their preparedness since 2014 and were lauded as successful. Then why did countering COVID-19 disinformation prove challenging?
In December, Daiva and Eva spoke to Nika Aleksejeva, who is a data journalism trainer and lead researcher for the Baltics at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. “COVID-19 disinformation is a very good lesson for us to be less naive about our capabilities,” she says.
You can read more about Latvia's disinformation actors here. You can also read our Re:Baltica article about the superspreaders of vaccine disinformation in the Baltics here. Daiva recently wrote a story about how the war in Ukraine effects people in Lithuania - you can read it here.
Please subscribe to our newsletter, and this show on Apple Podcasts, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or another platform of your choice. Transcripts are at www.theinoculation.com
After the investigation is complete, you will be able to find the code we used for the analysis of the European Parliament's data on our GitHub repository. The production of this investigation is supported by a grant from the IJ4EU fund. The International Press Institute (IPI), the European Journalism Centre (EJC) and any other partners in the IJ4EU fund are not responsible for the content published and any use made out of it.
Follow us on Facebook as @theinoculation, on Twitter as @TInoculation, and on Instagram as @the_inoculation.
As Pandemic Emergency Is Lifted, Have Disinformation Spreaders Moved On?
ChatGPT -- What Is It and Should we Be Worried about Generative AI?
Where is Russian Disinformation Headed?
Why Did a Vision for a Modern City Turn into a Conspiracy Theory?
Why Do Far-Right and Far-Left Parties Benefit from Social Media Algorithms?
The Inoculation’s (AI-Assisted) News Roundup: ChatGPT, Finland and Twitter
Introducing Season 5: How Anti-Vaccine Views Reshaped Our Politics
Does Elon Musk’s Ownership of Twitter Undermine Its Role as a Public Space?
Twitter’s Turmoil Was Predicted By Disinformation Researchers
Who are the Doctors Who Spread Disinformation and Why Do They Do It?
Conspiracy 🤝 Spirituality = Conspirituality
Homeopathy – a Pseudoscientific Gateway to Anti-Vaccine Views and COVID-19 Denialism?
How Russia Exploits Antivaxx Sentiment to Spread Energy Disinformation
Can Robots Detect Disinformation?
As Tourism Returns, These Southern European Countries Are Still Vaccine Champions
Political Biases: What Role Do They Play in Disinformation?
We Fact-checked VAIDS, a New Antivax New Conspiracy (Hint: It Doesn’t Exist)
Elon Musk and Twitter - A Disinformation Nightmare?
Are Antivaxxers More Likely to be Pro-Putin?
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free