Could we find a cure for fake news?

How do we immunise journalism against media viruses, fake news and propaganda? Can biology save journalism? Ask researchers at the Institute for the Future, a non-profit research centre concerned with what the future might hold for humanity.

This finding in a recent “Biology of Disinformation” report was striking to me. The Institute makes a remarkable insight into what journalism can learn from epidemiology if it is to inoculate itself from “viruses,” fake news, misinformation and propaganda.

Well, the Institute is a hippie American outfit in the heart of Silicon Valley with ambitious research strategies. But we might learn something from their approach.

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