Science is the best way to understand the world. But pseudosciences are competing for attention and your money.
Read MoreDisinformation, Cybersecurity, and Online Influence
Lessons from Eastern Europe — and the West, as noted at an event hosted by the U.S. Embassy Austria in the Amerika Haus, Vienna.
Read MoreThe International Fact-Checking Network
An international network of 31 fact-checkers from 17 countries worked together to cover the 2019 United Nations’ General Assembly. We give you a list of 23 participants.
Read MoreCredit Bureaus as Data Collectors and Providers
The educational video explains in an easy way what credit bureaus are and what data are collected as well as consumers’ rights.
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Information Literacy in Literary Fiction
It is our aim to signal a few important works of literature which might help to provide a new perspective on the vexed issues we raise with information literacy (e.g., judgement, knowledge, wisdom).
Read MoreWhat is Data Literacy?
Data literacy is the ability to transform data into information and information back into data.
Read MoreCan information literacy combat fake news?
Perhaps in the future we will get a ‘dislike’ button to combat fake news and the like.
Read MoreEU: Action Plan against Disinformation
To increase public awareness and resilience, the Commission will further step up its commitment and current activities in relation to media literacy to empower Union citizens to better identify and deal with disinformation.
Read MoreDenialism drives people to reject the truth
How do we respond to people who have radically different desires and morals from our own? How do we respond to people who delight in or are indifferent to genocide, to the suffering of millions, to venality and greed?
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