Tag: Misinformation
Māori dying with covid-19 because of misinformation, says health leader
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist
A Māori health leader says a new international misinformation study confirms the alarm many were desperately trying to...
Why legitimate criticism of the ‘mainstream’ media is in danger of...
ANALYSIS: By Sean Phelan, Massey University
One striking feature of the “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa, Wellington and elsewhere has been the intense antagonism towards...
Covid-19 outbreak: Misinformation spreading among NZ’s parliament protesters, say police
RNZ News
Police say misinformation and a "range of different causes and motivations" are making it difficult to resolve the situation with protesters at New...
NZ must help Pacific fight vaccine misinformation, says researcher
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand, Australia and other nations in the Pacific need to do more to combat rampant vaccine misinformation in Pacific Island countries, which...
NZ anti-vax protests, firefighters given vaccine mandate – 125 new cases
RNZ News
Thousands of protesters turned up at New Zealand's Parliament today, demanding an end to covid restrictions, while another group blocked Auckland's northern boundary...
Just 1.7% of people in PNG are vaccinated against covid. Why...
ANALYSIS: By Fraser Macdonald, University of Waikato
Only 1.7 percent of Papua New Guineans have been fully vaccinated against covid-19. This has been a cause...
The Pacific Newsroom – the virtual ‘kava bar’ news success story
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi
October 2021 was a horror month for Facebook as the headlines screamed “Facebook under fire” which started with the social...
NFP leader accuses Fiji government of creating ‘police state’ after arrest
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A Fiji opposition political leader has accused the government of a "transition to a police state" with middle of the night...
Anger and misinformation about covid-19 in NZ a dangerous tumour
FIRST PERSON: By Ben Strang, RNZ News reporter
RNZ reporter Ben Strang was on the streets before the latest lockdown when he was attacked, and...
Solomons PM warns journalists against ‘yellow journalism’ rumours
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has warned the news media that the country's emergency powers enable the government to target...
Fiji GPs chief criticises ‘misconstrued’ video supporting conspiracy theories
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka
A video by a Fiji doctor on adverse side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been misconstrued to support conspiracy...
Facebook boosts Pacific-wide health campaign against misinformation
Facebook News
Facebook has today launched a public education campaign to help people in five Pacific Island countries and territories learn how to identify and...
Media freedom fraternity must counter attacks on j-education, says JERAA
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia's leading journalism education advocacy body has marked World Press Freedom Day by condemning attacks on journalism education and research, including...
Social media ‘bullshit’ threatens coping with covid-19 outbreak in PNG
By Sue Ahearn, founder of The Pacific Newsroom and former editor, ABC International
A PNG member of Parliament died from covid-19 this week but it...
Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia and New Zealand - plus other key donors - need to urgently step up and provide assistance to Papuan New...
Gary Juffa: People, covid is real … and dangerous. I know,...
OPEN LETTER: By Gary Juffa in Port Moresby
Dear all,
I had covid-19. I am now covid-free for 13 days now.
Not sure where I contracted it,...
Billy Te Kahika spreads covid-19 misinformation at Parliament rally
By RNZ News
A ragtag group of about 150 people gathered on the New Zealand Parliament's forecourt today to demand an end to covid-19 lockdowns.
The...
Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait...
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Graham, Queensland University of Technology
Amid the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has...
Auckland mayor Phil Goff slams rash of ‘obnoxious lies’ over covid
By RNZ News
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says people in the city are, by and large, following the rules and prosecution shouldn't be ruled out...
Samoa health director calls on public to stop rumour-fed covid panic
By RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Director-General of Health says the country remains free of the covid-19 coronavirus so the public should not believe rumours to the...
NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
The announcement that Auckland was going into lockdown for a second time was met with a deluge of conspiracy...
Why is it so hard to stop the Covid-19 misinformation social...
ANALYSIS: By Tobias R. Keller and Rosalie Gillett of the Queensland University of Technology
Even before the coronavirus arrived to turn life upside down and...