The term misinformation inherently suggests a problem that is grounded in the quality of information itself. Uyiosa Omoregie and Kirsti Ryall argue that by drawing on Kantian notions of appearances and approaching misinformation as an issue of interpretation policymakers and platforms can create conditions for a better public sphere. Six years after the January 6 Read More

This obscure little book (difficult to find and purchase today) was written in 1983 and published in 1998. It’s just about 50 pages. It is only available today from the University of Ibadan bookstore —— not sure if it’s still available as I ordered one of the remaining few copies left in 2022. Olu Longe Read More

AI is presented as a disruptive innovation, particularly in the fields of decision making and learning. However, as Uyiosa Omoregie argues, Indigenous knowledge systems, such as Ifá, provide an alternative decolonial lens through which to understand AI computation and its impact on society. Published in the London School of Economics and Political Science LSE Impact Read More

It’s much too easy (in the name of “free speech”) to fall into the hypocrisy of permitting what the whole world recognizes as hate speech while only censoring certain speech we particularly hate.  The movie Citizen Kane contains excellent dialogue and two of my favorite lines are spoken by a close friend of Mr Kane. Read More

Aphorisms abound, for the internet age, to help guide us through the digital jungle that’s the World Wide Web. “Correlation is not causation” is one, another is “you are entitled to your opinions but not your own facts.” An ‘opinion’ can belong to anyone without any consideration to ‘belief’, ‘truth’ or ‘fact’ and it is Read More

Presented here are educational videos recommended by Avram Turing. These videos are lectures/talks by prominent scholars and researchers. This list will be regularly updated.  Each video looks at misinformation from a different point of view but complimentary with other perspectives. danah boyd is the founder/president of Data & Society Research Institute. She is also partner Read More

Our forthcoming book, Misinformation Matters: Online Content and Quality Analysis, will be published 19 April 2023 (Taylor & Francis) From the back cover: What is ‘misinformation’? Why does it matter? How does it spread on the internet, especially on social media platforms? What can we do to counteract the worst of its effects? Can we Read More

Presented here is a misinformation prevention reading list. The range of works presented here in this list is meant to be indicative and definitely not exhaustive: too many brilliant works out there. The emphasis is on insights from foundational and background issues about misinformation online. The importance of critical thinking and analytical thinking skills is Read More

Here’s a rough diagram showing how Avram Turing categorizes different types of online content based on our theory of information quality. Through our research, in 2021 we coined two new concepts “non-information” and “off-information” then introduced them to the international research community and the information quality body of knowledge [1] Note [1] U.Omoregie (2021),  Information Read More

A quick search on Wikipedia for the entry on ‘Misinformation’ will produce a write up that begins with a definition: “Misinformation is false, inaccurate, or misleading information that is communicated regardless of an intention to deceive. Examples of misinformation are false rumors, insults, and pranks. Disinformation is a subset of misinformation that is deliberately deceptive” Read More