CheckMate is a weekly newsletter from RMIT FactLab which recaps the latest in the world of fact checking and misinformation, drawing on the work of FactLab and its sister organisation, RMIT ABC Fact Check.
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This week, CheckMate delves into some of the predictable, incorrect claims of electoral fraud shared in the aftermath of the federal poll.
We also reveal whose tweets were the most popular of the campaign, and analyse two changes to Victorian laws that set off a wave of viral misinformation.
The Australian Electoral Commission says the level of incorrect and misleading information being shared in relation to the recent federal election is continuing to decline two weeks on from the poll that saw Labor returned to power after almost 10 years.
A spokeswoman for the AEC told CheckMate that the number of disinformation narratives had been "very minimal", echoing a news release dated May 27 in which electoral commissioner Tom Rogers noted that the week immediately after the vote had featured "very low levels of electoral disinformation".
"While a very small number of individuals have chosen to engage in promoting predictable and disappointing conspiracy theories, I'm very pleased to report that the vast majority of Australians are choosing not to engage with this stuff," Mr Rogers...
A former medical practice in Depew agrees to pay $500,000 to settle allegations of fraudulently receiving a PPP loan, according to federal prosecutors. BUFFALO, N.Y. — A former medical practice in ...