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Fact-checking and watchdog
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Fact-checking and watchdog

January 17, 2022January 17, 20225 min read

The theme of politics is closely linked to the control of information and investigative journalism which aims to unmask disinformation. Three case studies will be

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Deepfake
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Deepfake

December 17, 20215 min read

The term deep fake is commonly referred to as a video in which a person’s face has been convincingly replaced by a computer-generated face. Deepfakes

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Gender Based Doxxing and Swatting
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Gender Based Doxxing and Swatting

December 17, 20219 min read

Introduction Doxxing is shorthand for ‘dropping documents’ and is ascribed to a phenomenon where a person’s private information is released publicly. Shockingly, a 2016 study

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The watchdog fleas
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The watchdog fleas

December 17, 20216 min read

Watchdog journalists are known for their perseverance, patience, readiness to sacrifice, determination, and courage. Without them, all potentially great stories crumble, surfacing as phantom investigations,

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The outrageous history of Fake News
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The outrageous history of Fake News

December 17, 20216 min read

“The use of propaganda is ancient, but never before has there been the technology to so effectively disseminate it” (Posetti and Matthews, 2018). Fake news is

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Deepfake: The Information Boogeyman
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Deepfake: The Information Boogeyman

November 30, 20215 min read

The line between reality and simulation is becoming increasingly curtailed when it comes to media outlets. Speaking of false audiovisuals at a time in which

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Case study of fake news
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Case study of fake news

November 30, 20215 min read

Melania Trump discovers the love story between Michael Phelps and Hilary Clinton: all thanks to a secret chat on the Pokemon Go application. The story of

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Privacy on the internet: the danger of doxing
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Privacy on the internet: the danger of doxing

November 30, 2021November 30, 20216 min read

The term doxing derives from the slang “dropping mix” or “dropping docs”, which was a revenge tactic used in hacker culture in the 1990s. Doxing is

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Doxing
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Doxing

November 30, 2021November 30, 20215 min read

Doxing is an English term, derived from dox which is the abbreviation for documents, which as a neologism made its appearance online at the end

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Pseudo news… hoax news… fake news
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Pseudo news… hoax news… fake news

November 12, 20216 min read

Fake news is also known as “pseudo-news” or hoax news are news or in general, content that is supposed to be informative to readers and

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Deception: what is fake news?

November 12, 2021November 12, 20216 min read

Mendacium pedes non habet. Gaio Giulio Phaedrus The Lie has no feet is an expression coined by Phaedrus, a storyteller of the 1st century, who

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A misleading truth called fake news
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A misleading truth called fake news

November 12, 20217 min read

Fake news became a widespread term, especially after the blossoming of the internet and social media as privileged platforms to communicate, interact and acquire information. In

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Contextual understanding of fake news
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Contextual understanding of fake news

November 12, 2021November 12, 20216 min read

Is it reasonable to say it is almost impossible for a human being to not have heard about fake news in the current information paradigm?

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What is fake news?
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What is fake news?

November 12, 2021November 12, 20215 min read

Fabricated news reports and articles fool millions of readers on a daily basis. In most cases, the reports of this news can be easily distinguishable

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The history of fake news
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The history of fake news

November 12, 20216 min read

2000 years ago, the Roman Republic was facing a civil war between Octavian, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, and Mark Anthony, one of Caesar’s

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Understanding fake news
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Understanding fake news

November 12, 2021November 12, 20216 min read

“The age of post-truth stretches as far back as you care to look, there never has been a golden age of transparency”, said Steven Poole

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History of fake news
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History of fake news

November 12, 20216 min read

Donald Trump, Cleopatra and her lover Marco Antonio, the monsters on the Moon: the minestrone (vegetables soup) of the Fake News. The point of departure and

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Tracing back: history of fake news
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Tracing back: history of fake news

November 12, 2021November 12, 20216 min read

Source: ReKnew While some scholars have tried to identify the historical origins of fake news, resulting in various versions on the topic, the truth is

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