I see Thalidomide is trending.
It's never been more obvious that many if not most of the accounts liking & amplifying controversial views & disinformation are accounts that have either been dormant then suddenly started puking out conspiracies, or they're brand new accounts.
My tweet is NOT about ignoring legitimate concerns, it's about the fact that a key objective of British people's enemies (within & outside Britain) is to stir up division & fear. Disinformation IS being amplified. A scared & divided population is easy to exploit & hard to handle.
"Clear link between susceptibility to #misinformation & both vaccine hesitancy & a reduced likelihood to comply with health guidance measures... interventions which aim to improve critical thinking & trust in science may be a promising avenue".
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
Almost daily we are faced with contradictory views claiming to be “based on the scientific evidence”. But if you’re not an academic, how can you go about checking the evidence for yourself?
theconversation.com/confused-about…
Finland – Europe’s most resistant nation to fake news – teaches media literacy in primary school. Since 2016, multi-platform information literacy & strong critical thinking are a core, cross-subject component of the secondary school national curriculum.
theguardian.com/world/2020/jan…
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