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Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 11:38 am   A survey from the Classification Office offers a glimpse at how pervasive misinformation is in New Zealand, and how it’s affecting our beliefs. From the nationally representative survey of 2,300 Kiwis, one in two had at least one belief based in misinformation, and one in five had at least three such beliefs. These ranged from believing scientists are lying about the safety of vaccines, to believing 5G communications cause Covid-19. The SMC asked experts to comment on the survey. Kate Hannah, Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Auckland...

Others revealed they had fallen victim to misinformation themselves. “It has made me believe things that weren’t true,” one woman said. “It takes a mental toll never knowing what is true and real any more,” a male respondent said. Potentially more damaging was people who struggled with misinformation around big events, which impacted them directly, such as the March 15 terrorist attack and the September 11, 2001 attacks. “Most extremist activity is the result of false or misleading news. For example, the Christchurch attacks deeply affected my community and is the direct resu...

Press Release – Science Media Centre   A survey from the Classification Office offers a glimpse at how pervasive misinformation is in New Zealand, and how its affecting our beliefs. From the nationally representative survey of 2,300 Kiwis, one in two had at least one belief …   A survey from the Classification Office offers a glimpse at how pervasive misinformation is in New Zealand, and how it’s affecting our beliefs. From the nationally representative survey of 2,300 Kiwis, one in two had at least one belief based in misinformation, and one in five had at least three such beliefs. ...

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Steve Allen/Agencies The Isis flag features in the nasheeds. Before the nasheeds and video were played, Justice Sally Fitzgerald asked the jurors to put any feelings of sympathy and human emotion to one side. Justice Fitzgerald warned the content of the video contained graphic and violent images. The Crown’s case is these particular nasheeds and video were “clearly designed” to inspire and celebrate the cause of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis). One of the nasheeds shows a single still image of a figure carrying a machine gun and the Isis flag. The lyrics reference violen...