diff --git a/ADMIN_HOWTO_decide_on_Tool_Needs.md b/ADMIN_HOWTO_decide_on_Tool_Needs.md index 8818368..5882aa2 100644 --- a/ADMIN_HOWTO_decide_on_Tool_Needs.md +++ b/ADMIN_HOWTO_decide_on_Tool_Needs.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -ADMIN_Howto decide on Tool Needs +# ADMIN_Howto decide on Tool Needs We will have n people distributed around the world, adding data to our system. That data is: diff --git a/ADMIN_HOWTO_run_a_deployment_using_slack_channels.md b/ADMIN_HOWTO_run_a_deployment_using_slack_channels.md index 3fa63a7..3476b85 100644 --- a/ADMIN_HOWTO_run_a_deployment_using_slack_channels.md +++ b/ADMIN_HOWTO_run_a_deployment_using_slack_channels.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ -ADMIN_HOWTO run a deployment using slack channels +# ADMIN_HOWTO run a deployment using slack channels -= Lifecycle of a new rumour +## Lifecycle of a new rumour A new rumour has started online. You’ve seen it yourself, someone has sent you an example of it, you’ve seen another group tracking it - there are a bunch of ways to spot something new happening. Now what? Tell people: -* Put a message in #repository, telling people about this new rumour. +* Put a message in #repository, telling people about this new rumour. _Use the words [NEW RUMOR] so it’s easy to find later?_ -Decide whether to start a response: +## Decide whether to start a response: * Do a quick check that it’s a rumour. One sighting doesn’t make an incident. 15 copies of the same message on Twitter, or 3 friends sending you the same strange DM, and you’re probably onto something. * Then, find someone to be responsible for this. It’s probably going to be you, but if you don’t have the time to set up a response, ping the #general slack channel and ask for a volunteer. All instructions below here are for whoever takes on this responsibility. -Start a slack channel for the rumor: +## Start a slack channel for the rumor: * Name it rumor-xxx where xxx is a short description of the rumor, like gaspumps-infected or stafford-act. Make the first message in the channel a description of the rumor * Put a message into #general and #repository, telling people there’s a new rumor channel and asking them to look for data on it diff --git a/ADMIN_HOWTO_set_up_a_disinformation_deployment.md b/ADMIN_HOWTO_set_up_a_disinformation_deployment.md index 1088ef0..76362cd 100644 --- a/ADMIN_HOWTO_set_up_a_disinformation_deployment.md +++ b/ADMIN_HOWTO_set_up_a_disinformation_deployment.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -ADIN_HOWTO: set up a disinformation deployment +# ADMIN_HOWTO: set up a disinformation deployment -= You’re going to need: +## You’re going to need: * People ** Leads @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ADIN_HOWTO: set up a disinformation deployment ** Feeds in ** Feeds out -= Things to do when you start +## Things to do when you start * Find 2 people to work with you as leads. Nobody leads a full-on deployment on their own, and everyone has to sleep, or step away, or handle a screaming child/cat/partner/self sometimes. Also Covid - you might get sick too, and should always have a good succession plan: all links and passwords to critical stuff should be with 3 people etc. * Create a google account, and start a googledrive with it. Add two folders: one for admins, one for the team. If you think you’re going to have multiple subteams, add a folder for the team captains. You’re not doing this to enforce hierarchy: you’re doing this to limit the number of people who have to see each piece of PII or sensitive material (this is disinformation work - work as though your team will get breached). diff --git a/COVID19_Teams_collecting_and_processing_data.md b/COVID19_Teams_collecting_and_processing_data.md index 2b8e085..908a96d 100644 --- a/COVID19_Teams_collecting_and_processing_data.md +++ b/COVID19_Teams_collecting_and_processing_data.md @@ -1,58 +1,58 @@ -Covid19 Teams collecting and processing Covid19 disinformation data +# Covid19 Teams collecting and processing Covid19 disinformation data This note is here to list all the other teams tracking covid19 disinformation that we know about, our connections to them, whether they have data feeds etc. - +_action: add links from Mis/Disinformation Metasearch (Nate)_ -= Teams with data +## Teams with data -== EU Stratcom +### EU Stratcom https://euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?offset=0 Tracks and publishes Kremlin and Chinese COVID-19 disinformation We’ve scraped EuVsDisinfo in DKAN -== Peacetechlabs +### Peacetechlabs Site: Peacetechlab.org/coronavirus -== Carnegie Endowment +### Carnegie Endowment Site: https://carnegieendowment.org/specialprojects/coronavirus We’ve scraped Carnegie’s list of narratives -== Alliance for Security Democracy (Hamilton2.0) +### Alliance for Security Democracy (Hamilton2.0) Runs the Hamilton2.0 dashboard, monitoring accounts connected to various governments (Russia, China etc) https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ Covid19 weekly reports on messaging from Russian and Chinese state-backed media / diplomatic actors and analysis pieces are in https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/coronavirus-and-information-manipulation -== Kate Starbird group, UW +### Kate Starbird group, UW -== UALR COSMOS (Nitin Agarwal group) +### UALR COSMOS (Nitin Agarwal group) List of narratives at http://cosmos.ualr.edu/covid-19 https://arkansasag.gov/media-center/news-releases/rutledge-to-partner-with-ualr-tracking-false-covid-19-websites-and-scams-online/ -== Ryerson University misinfowatch +### Ryerson University misinfowatch https://covid19misinfo.org/misinfowatch/ A project from the Social Media Lab at Ryerson University to provide reliable information and real-time information visualization dashboards to track false claims related to the spread of the virus from around the web (announcement). -== Correctiv +### Correctiv https://forms.crowdnewsroom.org/corona-fakenews/corona-fakenews/slide0 German Fake News Tracking form -== Centre for Countering Digital Hate +### Centre for Countering Digital Hate https://twitter.com/Imi_Ahmed/status/1241714991927091201?s=20 info@counterhate.co.uk CCDH are asking people to send in examples of fakenews around the coronavirus. If you see examples of Covid-19 misinformation & fake cures, esp on Facebook/ WhatsApp, please send URLs/ screenshots to info@counterhate.co.uk -== CTI League +### CTI League cti-league.com https://www.reuters.com/article/us-coronavirus-cyber/cybersecurity-experts-come-together-to-fight-coronavirus-related-hacking-idUSKBN21D049?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews -= Processing teams +## Processing teams -== WHO EPI-WIN +### WHO EPI-WIN https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/risk-comms-updates/update-14--epi-win-covid19.pdf?sfvrsn=5809b632_2 @@ -65,30 +65,29 @@ WHO Travel Advice:https://www.who.int/ith/en/ Email: EPI-WIN@who.int Website:www.EPI-WIN.com -== Bellingcat +### Bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/tag/covid19/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/03/13/monitoring-and-debunking-covid-19-panic-the-haarlem-aldi-hoax/ -== NATO Brussels +### NATO Brussels -== NATO Riga +### NATO Riga -== Canada government (forget which group) +### Canada government (forget which group) -== CMU +### CMU -== Princeton ESOC +### Princeton ESOC Works with Microsoft. Collects data on teams working on Covid19 misinformation https://esoc.princeton.edu/files/covid-019-disinformation-data Resources list (useful for fact-checking): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y6W3fw46R40dQM1wyNFofIsZrlPnq_or/view +### Fact-Checking teams -= Fact-Checking teams - -== Agence France Presse +### Agence France Presse https://factcheck.afp.com/busting-coronavirus-myths (Action: 287 myths to scrape...) diff --git a/COVID19_data_sources.md b/COVID19_data_sources.md index 9a5c407..2032b5c 100644 --- a/COVID19_data_sources.md +++ b/COVID19_data_sources.md @@ -1,49 +1,49 @@ -Covid19 data sources +# Covid19 data sources These are the data sources that we know about for Covid19 disinformation. -= Disinformation Datasets +## Disinformation Datasets -== Wikipedia list of rumours +### Wikipedia list of rumours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation_related_to_the_2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic -= Disinformation Datastreams +## Disinformation Datastreams -== OSOME decahose +### OSOME decahose https://osome.iuni.iu.edu/tools/ -== Ryerson University Covid19 misinfo portal +### Ryerson University Covid19 misinfo portal Covid19misinfo.org “The COVID19MisInfo Portal is a rapid response project of the Ryerson Social Media Lab at Ted Rogers School of Management. The project is funded by the Government of Canada via the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The aim of this project is two-fold: (1) put a spotlight on COVID-19 related misinformation and (2) to provide Canadians with timely and actionable information that we all can use to protect ourselves and our communities. Our team of computational social scientists, communications professionals and developers are hard at work curating trusted information about COVID-19 and developing additional real-time information visualization dashboards to keep track of false claims related to COVID-19 from around the web.” -== Uni Arkansas Little Rock COSMOS +### Uni Arkansas Little Rock COSMOS Nitin Agarwal’s group - has place to submit new data http://cosmos.ualr.edu/misinformation -== Hamilton2.0 +### Hamilton2.0 Hamilton 2.0 Dashboard -== WHO myths list +### WHO myths list Narratives list https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters -== Carnegie Endowment IDEAS +### Carnegie Endowment IDEAS Narratives list EuVsDisinfo Covid19/ Coronavirus tagged data -= Information datasets +## Information datasets (as in where we look for the true stuff) -== Snopes.com +### Snopes.com -== WHO EPI-WIN +### WHO EPI-WIN Produces dataset: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters COVID-19 website: https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus WHO Travel Advice:https://www.who.int/ith/en/ Website:www.EPI-WIN.com -== Coronavirus Tech Handbook +### Coronavirus Tech Handbook “Fighting Misinformation and Disinformation Trust, Verification, Fact Checking & Beyond” https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/misinformation diff --git a/COVID19_disinformation_funding_sources.md b/COVID19_disinformation_funding_sources.md index 11c7989..41a1364 100644 --- a/COVID19_disinformation_funding_sources.md +++ b/COVID19_disinformation_funding_sources.md @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -C19 disinformation funding sources +# C19 disinformation funding sources -== NSF +## NSF https://www.nsf.gov/funding/ NSF 20-052 Dear Colleague Letter on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) “In addition, we invite researchers to use the Rapid Response Research (RAPID) funding mechanism, which allows NSF to receive and review proposals having a severe urgency with regard to availability of or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment as well as quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events. Requests for RAPID proposals may be for up to $200K and up to one year in duration. Well-justified proposals that exceed these limits may be entertained.” https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20052/nsf20052.pdf -== Poynter +## Poynter International Fact-checking network@Poynter 🔗https://ifcn.submittable.com/submit diff --git a/COVID19_disinformation_reading_list.md b/COVID19_disinformation_reading_list.md index b29141a..2fcfbfb 100644 --- a/COVID19_disinformation_reading_list.md +++ b/COVID19_disinformation_reading_list.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -C19 disinformation reading list +# C19 disinformation reading list -= Countries +## Countries -== China +### China https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/03/30/unpacking_chinas_viral_propaganda_war_122988.html diff --git a/LIST_Glossary_of_terms.md b/LIST_Glossary_of_terms.md index 295827a..4341a98 100644 --- a/LIST_Glossary_of_terms.md +++ b/LIST_Glossary_of_terms.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -LIST_Glossary_of_terms +# LIST_Glossary_of_terms We all come from different disciplines: words like "campaign" have different meanings to a military, an adtech or a tech person (and if you're all three, you get to fight about definitely with yourself). There are also *committees* dedicated to defining what words like "disinformation" and "misinformation" mean, and the differences between them. We ain't got time for that here. This glossary is our latest best effort at definitions for some of the words we use a lot between us, and what we (mostly) think we mean when we say them. -= Mission words +## Mission words * Cognitive security: The top layer of security, alongside Physical-security and Cyber-security. The art and practice of protecting against hacks that exploit cognitive weaknesses, especially cognitive hacks that are online and/or in large numbers of people. One of the reasons the MisinfoSec crowd started talking about Cognitive Security (including rebranding as the CogSecCollab) in 2020 is a belief that, in order to deal with things like disinformation, we need to focus on the thing we’re protecting. That means working on reducing disinformation, but also on boosting good information when we see it. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ We ain't got time for that here. This glossary is our latest best effort at def Clare Wardle's [work on the differences between misinformation and disinformation](https://medium.com/1st-draft/fake-news-its-complicated-d0f773766c79) is still some of the best. -= Layer words +## Layer words * Campaign: Campaigns are long-term efforts to change or confuse populations. diff --git a/LIST_disinformation_reading.md b/LIST_disinformation_reading.md index 412113b..69c9b93 100644 --- a/LIST_disinformation_reading.md +++ b/LIST_disinformation_reading.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -LIST: Disinformation reading -= Lists of lists +# LIST: Disinformation reading +## Lists of lists -== Awesome misinformation +### Awesome misinformation https://github.com/bodacea/misinfolinks diff --git a/LIST_disinformation_teams.md b/LIST_disinformation_teams.md index 718a8cc..81f12aa 100644 --- a/LIST_disinformation_teams.md +++ b/LIST_disinformation_teams.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -LIST Disinformation teams +# LIST Disinformation teams -= Active teams +## Active teams -== Indiana University OSoMe +### Indiana University OSoMe OSoMe (awe•some) is a joint project of the Network Science Institute (IUNI), the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS) at SICE, and the Media School at Indiana University. OSoMe unites data scientists and journalists in studying the role of media and technology in society, and curbing the spread of misinformation online and the manipulation of social media. Here we highlight tools, findings, publications, and resources. diff --git a/LIST_disinformation_tools.md b/LIST_disinformation_tools.md index e672aaf..acad5ed 100644 --- a/LIST_disinformation_tools.md +++ b/LIST_disinformation_tools.md @@ -1,31 +1,31 @@ -LIST disinformation tools +# LIST disinformation tools -= Storage +## Storage -== DKAN +### DKAN - data.co https://data.cogsec-collab.org/ (example DKAN: https://data.humdata.org/) -= Collection -==Ushahidi +## Collection +### Ushahidi https://chvolunteer.ushahidi.io/ / http://PPENeeds.com - USHAHIDI instance for Coordinating PPE -== Disinfo Reports -== Requests for project +### Disinfo Reports +### Requests for project -= Analysis +## Analysis -== Bellingcat tools +### Bellingcat tools https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2020/03/27/investigating-coronavirus-fakes-and-disinfo-here-are-some-tools-for-you/ -==Osome tools +### Osome tools “OSoMe (awe•some) is a joint project of the Network Science Institute (IUNI), the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS) at SICE, and the Media School at Indiana University. OSoMe unites data scientists and journalists in studying the role of media and technology in society, and curbing the spread of misinformation online and the manipulation of social media. Here we highlight tools, findings, publications, and resources.“”https://osome.iuni.iu.edu/” -= Dissemination +## Dissemination -= LINK DUMP (for sorting later) +### LINK DUMP (for sorting later) https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/trainings-for-cybersecurity-specialists/online-training-material diff --git a/TECH_HOWTO_save_messenger_audio_files.md b/TECH_HOWTO_save_messenger_audio_files.md index 5da27c6..ac6b17f 100644 --- a/TECH_HOWTO_save_messenger_audio_files.md +++ b/TECH_HOWTO_save_messenger_audio_files.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -TECH_HOWTO Save an audio file from Facebook Messenger +# TECH_HOWTO Save an audio file from Facebook Messenger If you need to do this, here's the workaround trick: * Using Chrome browser (but NOT on mobile)