Infodemia – Conspiracy theories and misinformation

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Type of the event: Workshop/training

Online or offline: Offline

Main theme/focus: Digital literacy / Tackling disinformation

Date time start: 07/04/2022 18:00

Date time end: 07/04/2022 19:00

Country: Sweden

City/Town: Solna

Organisation: Solna stadsbibliotek

Address of the event: BIBLIOTEKSTORGET 12, Solna, Sverige

Url of the event: https://bibliotek.solna.se/evenemang#/events/1bf3252c-4f9e-4a14-9b54-05addcadee08

Responsible (trainer/organizer): Solna stadsbibliotek

Target Group: General public

Number of participants: 20

The event is: Planned

Short description of the event:

Come and listen when Kent Werne, journalist and author, lectures based on his book “Conspiracy Fever”.

During the corona pandemic, conspiracy theories and alternative facts have spread like wildfire online.

What are the conspiracy theories about? Who is spreading them? Who believes in them and why? What have Facebook and other tech companies done to stop the infodem? Is democracy in danger?