This resource offers practical guidance for research organisations supporting staff targeted by online abuse from outside the institution, including cases where the harassment escalates offline.

It contains a pool of ideas to set up systems to deal with incidents of harassment, as well as proactive measures to protect researchers from online harm. These ‘building blocks’ reflect existing approaches in New Zealand and international institutions, and recommendations from researchers who have experienced harassment.

This handbook from the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) is a timely and topical tool to support PR and communication professionals in understanding and tackling misinformation and disinformation challenges in their daily work, with a strong focus on fact-checking, media and literacy and ethical use of AI tools.

“ADF isn’t the only anti-trans organization with financial ties to the fossil fuel sector. An independent analysis of 45 right-wing groups advocating against trans rights found that 80% have received donations from fossil fuel companies or billionaires. The analysis, conducted by two independent researchers in 2023 and not peer-reviewed, was shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED. Through a qualitative search, the researchers identified 45 groups advancing anti-trans lobbying, events, and publications and checked reports about their donor disclosures for fossil fuel funding.”

“ADF isn’t the only anti-trans organization with financial ties to the fossil fuel sector. An independent analysis of 45 right-wing groups advocating against trans rights found that 80% have received donations from fossil fuel companies or billionaires. The analysis, conducted by two independent researchers in 2023 and not peer-reviewed, was shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED. Through a qualitative search, the researchers identified 45 groups advancing anti-trans lobbying, events, and publications and checked reports about their donor disclosures for fossil fuel funding.”

For better or for worse, LLMs are here to stay. We all read content that they produce online, most of us interact with LLM chatbots, and many of us use them to produce content of our own.

In a series of five- to ten-minute lessons, we will explain what these machines are, how they work, and how to thrive in a world where they are everywhere.

You will learn when these systems can save you a lot of time and effort. You will learn when they are likely to steer you wrong. And you will discover how to see through the hype to tell the difference.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, once pitched the idea to run an experiment on the children of Samoa to see whether vaccines actually work.

This article explores misinformation’s impact, resistance to correction, and the psychological strategies for debunking false information to create a healthier information environment.

The APA provides eight specific recommendations for scientists, policymakers, media, and the public to meet the ongoing risk of misinformation to health, well-being, and civic life.