#19 Wildfires, Militias and Misinformation (with Jennifer Beckett)
With unprecedented wildfires wrecking havoc on the western US states, we revisit how misinformation warped the narrative of the Australian bushfires at the beginning of the year.
Check out:
Julia Carrie Wong, The Guardian “Rumours spread like wildfire”
Timothy Graham & Tobias Keller, The Conversation “Bushfires, bots and arson claims”
We’re also joined by Dr Jennifer Beckett from the University of Melbourne to assess Facebook’s content moderation failures in the wake of the Kenosha shootings.
Check out:
Jennifer Beckett, The Conversation, “Facebook is all for community, but what kind of community is it creating?”
