Reports of far-right extremists trying to recruit young people through video games have raised concerns for parents, guardians and youth alike.
Scholars have found that acceptance of COVID-19-related conspiracy theories is associated with hesitance to take a COVID-19 vaccine. But data gathered during the pandemic about belief in COVID-specific conspiracy theories ...
The Iranian regime is "doubling down" on the manipulation of media in response to recent protests to create armed conflict between different ethnic groups, an expert has warned.
Public satisfaction with democracy in Germany has risen over the past two years, while in some cases extreme right-wing attitudes have declined significantly. At the same time, hatred of migrants, women, Muslims and other ...
In her keynote MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in August, former BBC presenter Emily Maitlis spoke of her misgivings about the way the UK's public broadcaster interpreted the corporation's ...
Soon after the first results had been declared in the 2020 US midterm elections it became clear that the "red wave" of Republican victories many pundits had thought would hand them control of both houses of Congress was not ...
A report into online violence against women journalists draws on Department of Computer Science research to call for urgent action by U.K. policymakers to protect lives, livelihoods and press freedom.
People living in the United States are more than three times more likely to share misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19 than people in four other English-speaking countries, including Canada, a Simon Fraser ...
A warning about the threat of political violence heading into the 2022 midterm elections was issued to state and local law enforcement officials by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Oct. 28, 2022.
Notable minorities of the U.K. public say they believe conspiracy theories about terror attacks including the Manchester Arena bombing, the 7/7 attacks in London, 9/11, and school shootings in the U.S., with belief particularly ...
