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COVID-19 ‘disinfodemic’ – CFOM researchers reveal the scale of life-threatening coronavirus disinformation in new UNESCO reports

COVID-19 ‘disinfodemic’ – CFOM researchers reveal the scale of life-threatening coronavirus disinformation in new UNESCO reports

Posted by | Apr 29, 2020 |

Two members of the Centre for Freedom of the Media research team at the University of Sheffield, Julie Posetti (who is Global Director of Research at the International Center for Journalists) and Kalina Bontcheva (who is Head of the Natural Language Processing Research Group at the Department of Computer Science), have written two new UNESCO Policy Briefs that assess the worrying extent of misinformation that has accompanied the COVID-19 crisis. The research was produced in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).

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On the International Day to End Impunity UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison encourages academic scholars to engage with issues of journalism safety and impunity

On the International Day to End Impunity UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison encourages academic scholars to engage with issues of journalism safety and impunity

Posted by | Nov 2, 2019 |

Impunity for crimes against journalists raises concerns over serious failings of rule of law and justice within countries to the very forefront. In fact, under a regime of impunity journalists are no longer safeguarded by the application of constitutional provision or law enforcement and their safety becomes their own responsibility, a private concern to be undertaken without recourse to the provision by the state of personal security.

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