Public Health
ISD conducts research to understand the impact of information operations on public health. We focus on identifying false and misleading online content about medical conditions and procedures, and the networks engaged in spreading it. We have extensively documented attempts to spread disinformation around sexual and reproductive health as well as vaccinations. ISD produces regular analysis and commentary on the effects of health crises on governance, social polarisation, the information landscape and political discourse.
Further Reading
August 23, 2022
Irish Gardaí monitoring online circles as conspiracists “predictably” latch on to monkeypox
Anti-LGBTQ+, Public Health, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse
August 16, 2022
La campagne de l’intimidation : étude de cas des violences numériques envers les candidats aux élections de 2022
Anti-Migrant, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health, Terrorism and Extremism
July 3, 2022
Aoife Gallagher: Social platforms lack the ‘will’ or ‘ability’ to tackle misinformation
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Public Health
February 27, 2022
Union between antivaxxers and conspiracists will likely outlive the pandemic
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
February 15, 2022
Users following antivaxx accounts were prompted to posts selling fake health passes on social media
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
