Climate change conspiracy memes on Instagram extend across the web

Thousands of Instagram posts using hashtags such as #climatehoax and #globalwarmingisfake have garnered at least half a million views, likes or comments on the platform.

How to map the spread of misleading memes across the web

Learn how to track memes peddling climate change misinformation using CrowdTangle and the Google Cloud Vision Cloud API.

Cross-platform construction of a conspiracy theory: URL analysis

This recipe details how you can use URLs to see how communities on 4chan, 8kun and Reddit construct conspiracy theories and false narratives on the web.

Tracking the cross-platform spread of harmful and misleading narratives

The recipe gives journalists and researchers the tools to investigate misinformation being spread across 4chan, 8kun and Reddit.

Misinformation networks on YouTube: recommended videos

This recipe gives you the tools to explore conspiracy theories, misinformation or other networks of polluted content that are linked by YouTube’s recommendation system.

How to find misleading YouTube videos on fringe platforms

This recipe teaches you how to scrape YouTube URLs from 4chan, 8kun and Reddit for your online investigations without any code.

Tracking YouTube videos across the web

Learn how to track misinformation, conspiracy theories and banned content from YouTube and other platforms across the web.

Vaccine trials are leaving misinformation in their wake

A flurry of vaccine misinformation has sprung up on social media following the recent Covid-19 vaccine announcements.

The Covid-19 and other vaccines: Where we’re failing to provide the right information

Our analysis of the most influential online vaccine conversations revealed an environment cluttered with a confusing patchwork of harmful narratives and data deficits.

Newsgathering and Monitoring on the Social Web

How to investigate health misinformation (and anything else) using Twitter’s API

Follow this step-by-step guide to collect and analyse data from Twitter, about anything from coronavirus rumours to anti-vax claims and more.

Vaccine case study: Exploring the controversy around Dengvaxia and vaccine misinformation in the Philippines

Since the Dengvaxia controversy, the confidence in vaccines among Philippine parents plummeted from 82 percent in 2015 to only 21 percent in 2018.

The not-so-simple science of social media 'bots'

'Bots' appear in news stories with alarming regularity. But are we using the term correctly? First Draft investigates the difficulty with understanding online automation.

Sources and keywords: The fundamentals of online newsgathering

The fourth book in First Draft's series of Essential Guides looks at the tools and techniques for finding newsworthy material online.

How disinformation has plagued the Argentine and Uruguayan elections

Memes, WhatsApp, and the power of audio have all featured in the run up to polling day.

Pro-Trump Twitter accounts boost Boris Johnson Brexit message

Hundreds of users bearing US hashtags or created since June helped promote the British Prime Minister in activity experts called 'suspicious'.

How a 'wake-up call' over disinformation inspired this Brazilian journalist

A conversation with Alessandra Monnerat from Estadão Verifica, the fact-checking unit of the Brazilian newspaper Estadão.

Venezuelan bots, WhatsApp and disinformation in Spain

What Spanish journalists working on CrossCheck's Comprobado project and other researchers discovered about the spread of misinformation during recent elections

Meet the Spanish verification expert dismantling threats to democracy

A conversation with Iris López de Solís from the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation’s (RTVE) verification team