Channel 4 News is a serious and in-depth journalistic institution, regulated for accuracy and balance and committed to a remit to produce high end investigative and thought-provoking news and analysis.

In recent years we have had to investigate material which itself purports to be serious journalism, but is often false and misleading “misinformation”, including world impacting investigations such as our undercover expose of Cambridge Analytica.

In the latest iteration our “FAKE WORLD” series will seek to find, expose and debunk the ongoing and incessant spread of misinformation – from Covid-denial through to conspiracy theories on all ends of the political spectrum – all amplified on social media platforms.

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Why do people believe Covid conspiracy theories? As the Covid vaccine is steadily rolled out around the world, there’s also a surge in disinformation, conspiracy theories and fake news.
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How vortex of misinformation is driving wedge between families and friends Donald Trump has been cleared in his impeachment trial, and, for now, his supporters may seem to have quietened down, but the rise of misinformation and distrust of the mainstream is still very much alive. 
Hero to zero: the NHS staff abused online Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Andy Davies, has met the brave NHS staff speaking out about the online abuse and why they want big tech to do more to stop it.
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Meet the ‘QAnon shaman’ behind the horns at the Capitol insurrection While there’ll be many people breathing a sigh of relief that Donald Trump has left the White House – millions of his supporters still don’t accept the fact of his defeat, and Americans are now divided not so much by their support for different politicians but more by their belief in polar opposite versions of the truth. 
Getting the jab: vaccine scepticism and Coronavirus Our reporter, Ayshah Tull, has been speaking to those who are convinced the vaccine is too risky – as well as those trying to fight this disinformation so that normality can return sooner rather than later.
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How has Trump’s talk of ‘fake news’ undermined US democracy? In just over 40 hours, on Wednesday early morning, President Trump will leave the White House to fly to West Palm Beach in Florida, skipping the inauguration ceremony of his successor – the first outgoing President to do so since Andrew Johnson in 1869.  If there has been an element of continuity in Trump’s presidency,…
Getting the jab: vaccine scepticism and Coronavirus Our reporter, Ayshah Tull, has been speaking to those who are convinced the vaccine is too risky – as well as those trying to fight this disinformation so that normality can return sooner rather than later.
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Inside a vaccination centre persuading the Muslim community Covid vaccines are safe Fake news on the vaccine is an issue in the US, but also in the UK.
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‘Social media companies created the conditions which enabled a leader like Trump to come to power’ – Columbia Journalism School’s Prof Emily Bell   Donald Trump has been thrown off Twitter and the alternative social media site Parler has been suspended by Apple and Amazon.
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‘Reducing vaccine misinformation on social media won’t solve the problem alone’ – Vaccine confidence project’s Prof Heidi Larson We were joined by professor Heidi Larson from the Vaccine confidence project
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Is social media fuelling risky cosmetic surgery and body dysmorphia? As more and more young people turn to social media as a way of making money in an uncertain world, health experts have warned of a rise in body dysmorphia and cosmetic surgery.

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