By Matthieu Delaloye, Zarina Charlesworth, Shaban Shabani, Camille Pellaton The global epidemic linked to Covid-19 has led to the spread of a great deal of false news, misinformation campaigns and conspiracy theories. In this context, the WHO declared at the beginning of February an « infodemia » which concerns the origin, the extent, as well as the … Lire la suite

By Matthieu Delaloye, Zarina Charlesworth, Shaban Shabani, Camille Pellaton The word « fake news » no longer holds any secrets for most of us. We have heard a lot about it during the recent American Presidential election or in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. This buzz word refers to false or misleading information disseminated with the … Lire la suite

By Zarina Charlesworth, Matthieu Delaloye, Shaban Shabani, Camille Pellaton, September 2020 Did you hear???? Did you see??? Be careful!!! Better do this!!! Don’t do that!!! Whether your reaction is Oh cool, I’ll pass this information on to Oh no, I’d better let everyone know to Just forget it why not check to see the truth … Lire la suite