Poynters nyhetsbrev om Europa
Så kom Poynters andra nyhetsbrev om diskussioner, åtgärder etc med bäring på ”fake news” i Europa. Nyhetsbrevet är tänkt att komma varannan vecka och är ett tacksamt initiativ, eftersom ingen liknande överblick ges av någon europeisk aktör, utom i specialiserade grupper (som Källkritik, fake news och faktagranskning” på Facebook, eller Twitterlistan med medlemmarna i EU-kommissionens expertgrupp).
Här en sammanfattning av nyhetsbrevet:
– Man tar upp den franska lagdebatten som fortsätter.
– Parlamentsdebatt om frågan, i Spanien.
– I Tyskland fortsätter debatten om den nya näthatslagen.
– Dessutom nämns Steve Bannons påbörjade samarbete med AfD, ”Bannon is expected to help the AFD set up a newsroom to fight fake news targeting the party”.
– Mer om konflikten mellan tre nederländska sajter och EU vs Disinfo som blivit en politisk fråga – ”Last week a majority of deputies serving in the Dutch Parliament asked the Minister of Home Affairs, Kasja Ollongren, to sway the EEAS to disband EU vs Disinfo.”
– Den nya rapporten från EU-kommissionens expertgrupp.
– En studie från Konrad Adenauer Stiftung uppmanar EU att stödja initiativ kring faktakoll och media literacy i västra Balkan, mot rysk propaganda.
– Om folkomröstningen i Schweiz, rörande finansieringen av public service.
– Fake news under italienska valrörelsen.
– Precept lanserar uCheck, ”a participatory fact-checking platform. Currently available in its Beta version, uCheck allows citizens to draw directly upon journalistic experience to combat suspect statements and news found on the web”.
– Debatt – ”On The Conversation, Hervé Laroche (ESCP Europe) discusses whether art can be considered a vehicle for fake news, whereas, on Die Zeit, Martin Spiewak argues that it is essential to bring back the notion of skepticism in education in order to teach how to counter digital threats.”
– Flera inlägg på sistone varnar för vad diskussionen om ”fake news” riskerar leda till – ”critical approaches emerge and frame the public debate on fake news. Many experts underscore the relationship between the “fake news rhetoric” and the interests of established political leaders. This is the case in Turkey, says Courtney C. Radsch on Project Syndicate. More generally, David Miller argues that the term “fake news” is a powerful rhetorical tool applied by elites in an attempt to favor specific “geopolitical interests.” In this sense, the debate on fake news spurs “Russophobia,” he argues. On Le Monde, Romain Badouard writes that fake news reveals a general mistrust of the elites. In this sense, fake news is nothing but the latest symptom of a loss of confidence in the West’s democratic institutions.”
– ”Fact checks from around Europe:
In Germany, Correctiv stepped into the heated immigration debate to disprove media reports alleging that refugees sent 4 billion euros of German taxpayer money back to their home countries.
In Spain, El Objetivo verified social media claims by the ruling Partido Popular related to the ongoing national discussion on pension policies. The PP was found “guilty” of spreading inaccurate information about pensioners’ purchasing power.
In Sweden, Jack Werner, co-founder of Viralgranskaren, discussed the importance of online source verification on the occasion of the Day of Critical Thinking.
In the UK, Full Fact checked the truthfulness of claims by the Secretary of State for International Trade, Liam Fox, on Britain’s housing situation.”
