Fake news fighters

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Challenging Pseudoscience

Challenging Pseudoscience, at the Ri

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We look at how to tackle the destructive rise of scientific misinformation and disinformation. Each episode is a live recording of one of the public events hosted by Challenging Pseudoscience, at the Royal Institution. We’re a diverse collective of journalists, scientists, academics and social media experts who came together in 2019 to look at this problem from different angles. The group is supported by the Royal Institution and the Open Society Foundation, and based in London. The goal is to identify how we can foster better access to more reliable scientific information.

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Fake news fighters

Challenging Pseudoscience

41 minutes 16 seconds

4 years ago

Fake news fighters

This episode features a panel discussion held at the British Science Festival Live in Chelmsford, UK, in September 2021. The theme was fake news and how to tackle the spread of scientific misinformation.

The panelists discuss how social media algorithms help the spread of misinformation and fake news, they speak about the language to be aware of when spotting misinformation in science, and how the fallacies of race science have spread over time.

They also take questions from the audience on the best ways to help prevent the spread of fake news, who is responsible for tackling misinformation and more.

The panelists were computer scientist and author of Rage Inside the Machine, Robert Elliot Smith and academic and author of Skin Deep, Gavin Evans. The discussion was hosted by neuroscientist and author of The Gendered Brain, Gina Rippon. Gina also launched her new Noise in Neuroscience project, which aims to tackle sexist science.

Host: Gina Rippon

Producer: Hester Cant

Artwork: Hana Ayoob

Music: George Ash