Debunking Handbook 2020
Emma Suleiman
After the release of their very popular Debunking Handbook – a guide to debunking misinformation – in 2011, Stephan Lewandowsky and John Cook have come up with a brand new updated version.…
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5G Could Help Save CO2 Emissions
ReclaimTheFacts
The fact is as data traffic increases there will also be an increase in energy consumption. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing…
What is it about the amazingly low COVID-19 mortality in India?[Updated]
On Facebook and in other media, information is currently circulating according to which an infection rate of almost 60% has been found in Indian slums and an infection rate fatality…
Covid-19: Blog draws wrong conclusions from study on deaths in Italy
Sind 96 Prozent der Todesfälle in Italien im Zusammenhang mit dem Coronavirus auf andere Krankheiten zurückzuführen? Ein Faktencheck ergibt, dass auf Facebook Desinformation betrieben wird.
Hydroxychloroquine: Doubts about central Covid-19 study – Scientific spectrum
This is how science works. Supposed knowledge is constantly questioned, and if there are good arguments, they are taken into account. This is exactly why it is better to rely…
Viral Facebook post spreads false claims about coronavirus
In a chain letter with the introduction “So, you birds from Berlin” it is said that the measures against Corona are exaggerated. The assertions are largely false.— Read more (in…
Data Analysis Corona False Information
For several weeks now, readers of CORRECTIV have been helping to check false reports about the coronavirus. In a new data analysis, the previous 1,800 reader notes were evaluated: Messenger…
