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
January 10, 2022
Conspiracists are backing tennis star Djokovic amid controversy at the Australian Open
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
November 29, 2021
Far-right supporters and antivaxxers repackage conspiracies during the pandemic
Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
November 13, 2021
Repurposing COVID-19 conspiracy theories among climate change sceptics
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Public Health
November 5, 2021
Russian state propaganda fuels COVID-19-related conspiracies among German social media
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
October 21, 2021
Terror-related online activity isn’t the only type of extremist content that’s grown since the pandemic
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health, Terrorism and Extremism
