Culture / Media / Fake News

How does the profit motive shape our information ecosystem and where does the scope for action lie? Listen to the first episode of our new podcast series The World Unspun with Nanjala Nyabola.

The fact-checking industry is booming. But how effective is it? Samira Sawlani explores its role in the digital age and assesses its powers and limitations in tackling the flood of disinformation polluting our media ecosystem.

Nanjala Nyabola reports on Western media's reporting on Israel’s war on Palestine.

Don Kevin Hapal unmasks the hidden workforce driving the Philippines’ flourishing disinformation ecosystem – and they are not who you might think.

Disinformation can undermine elections, pose risks to public health and stoke division and violence against minorities. Words by Paula Lacey.

One hundred years ago the incendiary ‘Zinoviev letter’, allegedly from the Soviet Union, incited British communists to revolution. Conrad Landin examines an early example of ‘fake news’.

Although far from a modern phenomenon, the potency and complexity of misinformation has increased in the digital age. To tackle it, we need a systemic response that goes further than debunking one lie at a time, argues Nanjala Nyabola.

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.

Fresh hell by Kate Evans.

Palestinian activist Iyad el-Baghdadi, a leading intellectual of the Arab Spring, talks fighting disinformation with Jan-Peter Westad.

Misinformation and fake news in Africa is rife, particularly via social media writes Nanjala Nyabola, but it’s not just a Western problem.

India's government has asked WhatsApp to act urgently to halt the spread of "irresponsible and explosive messages" after a spate of deadly attacks. 

Wars in cyberspace are wars on our minds. JJ Patrick on the murky underworld of big data, social media, espionage and the spread of chaos through disinformation.

Vanessa Baird writes on the strange mutations of ‘fake news’

Trust in tatters. Business model busted. And journalism under attack from all sides. So why does Vanessa Baird think that the news media has a bright future?