Cyberbullying, the Risk Factors
What is cyberbullying and why is it dangerous? In the age of social media, cyberbullying is of serious concern for youth, as traditional in person
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Cybersecurity and safety on the internet: best practices
With the increased interconnection in the digital world, the issue of security acquires an ever greater weight. In this case, we talk about cybersecurity. In
Unleashing narratives: the importance of local partners in investigative journalism
News addresses a number of topics of overriding importance. One of these is climate change and its consequences on the planet. Much has been said in
How much privacy is enough privacy?
Personal data is the motor of many businesses in the Internet age. Information analysis enables targeted advertising, improving services, producing new goods, and recognizing market
How to protect our privacy on the Internet
Since its inception, the Internet has been designed to allow us to exchange and share data. In this sense, accessing a website is a way
Is Political Fact-Checking Effective?
This article discusses the relationship between fact-checking and politics. Fact-checking is defined as the process of verifying the factual accuracy of text (Merriam Webster Dictionary).
Fact-checking and watchdog
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
Most of us nowadays rely heavily on the internet to enjoy social media, online education, remote work, and all sorts of entertainment and amusements on
How much personal data are you willing to give?
Online users are incredibly vulnerable to security threats, and there is a long list of ramifications associated with their safety. Hereby we are discussing only
Wear your life-jacket before you enter the sea!
The amount of information we are fed with on a daily basis is growing at an exponential rate. In fact, as I write this,
Importance of fact checking
Why Media Systems Matter: A Fact-Checking Study of UK Television News during the Coronavirus Pandemic This study focused on exploring the effectiveness of fact-checking in
User privacy?
Privacy is the protected and guaranteed right of the user, who uses certain internet applications (such as social media for example), to check that the
Fact-checking needs our readiness
Journal’s headlines need to capture our attention. Most of the time, they are specifically created to drag the reader into an emotional bubble, unleashing a
Societal Consequences of Deepfake videos
This article explores the wider societal effects of deepfakes, looking specifically at the potential societal effects. It is essential to first define a deepfake. Deepfakes
Fact checking
Starting from the assumption that “independence” is the very essence of information democracy, autonomy in judgments should be the first requirement of free information. But
Deepfake
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
Since Emile Zola’s famous “J’accuse”, political journalism has tried to play the role of safeguarder of the public interest. However, with the advent of digital
Gender Based Doxxing and Swatting
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
What is Watchdog?
A watchdog is an autonomous, non-governmental organisation, person or group that is dedicated to holding governments, organisations and media outlets accountable and to assessing their
The quest for truthful news: fact-checking and watchdog journalism
What is fact-checking? Fact-checking is a journalistic term that indicates the work of ascertaining the events and the data used in a text or speech. This
The watchdog fleas
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,
To investigate more in-depth the importance of fat checking It is fundamental to move beyond recent narratives of “facts” and “fake news” and immediate political
Online shaming and cancel culture
The age-old social punishment of public shaming has re-emerged as an internet phenomenon in recent years. Just as fake news is not new, but a
The outrageous history of Fake News
“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
Why do we need fact-checking and watchdog
Citizens and Investigative Journalism: Why do we need a process to check the news? A world without any kind of “mediation”, like the one we
Malaria Must Die
Have you ever come across a video in which Nicholas Cage with letdown long blonde hair was singing “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor? Or,
Cases of doxing
An infamous case of fake news spread on online media platforms generated a crazy conspiracy theory that was very popular on social media outlets across
Beware of the dog!
The rise of non-factual information in the media has prompted the creation of mechanisms meant to scrutinize and validate these pieces. This is a crucial
How deepfakes are shaping our online reality
A few years ago, the idea of fake was probably associated with the way in which people modelled their image in the real world. Today,
Our information on the deep web: Docs – Dox – Drop dox – Doxxing!
The term Doxxing like many neologisms is a word that has evolved over time, thanks also to the widespread diffusion of the internet and social