Ann Ngengere
@angengere.bsky.social
Science Communication x Information Integrity
#SciComm
#SciComm
Truth joins the climate agenda!
At #COP30, countries have adopted the first-ever Declaration on Information Integrity for Climate Action, a historic step to fight climate mis/disinformation.
unfccc.int/news/countri...
At #COP30, countries have adopted the first-ever Declaration on Information Integrity for Climate Action, a historic step to fight climate mis/disinformation.
unfccc.int/news/countri...
unfccc.int
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Truth joins the climate agenda!
At #COP30, countries have adopted the first-ever Declaration on Information Integrity for Climate Action, a historic step to fight climate mis/disinformation.
unfccc.int/news/countri...
At #COP30, countries have adopted the first-ever Declaration on Information Integrity for Climate Action, a historic step to fight climate mis/disinformation.
unfccc.int/news/countri...
Across fields the evidence is clear: just as patients are more likely to follow medical advice delivered as a story, so too are audiences more receptive to environmental messages and public policy recommendations conveyed through compelling narratives
#SciComm
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#SciComm
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How academics should write
It's personal
www.ourlongwalk.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Across fields the evidence is clear: just as patients are more likely to follow medical advice delivered as a story, so too are audiences more receptive to environmental messages and public policy recommendations conveyed through compelling narratives
#SciComm
www.ourlongwalk.com/p/how-academ...
#SciComm
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Great science, left alone, does not speak for itself and needs to be made accessible.
But tools and platforms alone are not enough. What really matters is the steady, personal connection that turns research into public knowledge.
#SciComm
www.ourlongwalk.com/p/how-to-com...
But tools and platforms alone are not enough. What really matters is the steady, personal connection that turns research into public knowledge.
#SciComm
www.ourlongwalk.com/p/how-to-com...
How to communicate science
Specialists can help
www.ourlongwalk.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Great science, left alone, does not speak for itself and needs to be made accessible.
But tools and platforms alone are not enough. What really matters is the steady, personal connection that turns research into public knowledge.
#SciComm
www.ourlongwalk.com/p/how-to-com...
But tools and platforms alone are not enough. What really matters is the steady, personal connection that turns research into public knowledge.
#SciComm
www.ourlongwalk.com/p/how-to-com...
Two thought provoking essays on reading, writing and literacy
➡️The dawn of the post literate society- open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...
➡️The end of thinking - open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
➡️The dawn of the post literate society- open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...
➡️The end of thinking - open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Two thought provoking essays on reading, writing and literacy
➡️The dawn of the post literate society- open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...
➡️The end of thinking - open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
➡️The dawn of the post literate society- open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...
➡️The end of thinking - open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
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🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
The Misleading Panic over Misinformation
People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.
www.cato.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
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How is AI reshaping #scicomm? A new special issue explores promises & pitfalls of gen AI, and its transformative impact on how science-related info is created & consumed. Image generated with OpenAI’s DALL·E based on article abstracts in the style of different art eras. jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
April 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
How is AI reshaping #scicomm? A new special issue explores promises & pitfalls of gen AI, and its transformative impact on how science-related info is created & consumed. Image generated with OpenAI’s DALL·E based on article abstracts in the style of different art eras. jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
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"...genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway."
Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
More engagement! More voices! More #scicomm!
#GoScience!
Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
More engagement! More voices! More #scicomm!
#GoScience!
Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust
Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway.
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"...genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway."
Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
More engagement! More voices! More #scicomm!
#GoScience!
Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
More engagement! More voices! More #scicomm!
#GoScience!
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🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone.
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
March 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone.
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
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Childhood in the centuries before vaccination was marked by illness, but also by grief and loss in a way that we tend to forget now that disease outbreaks are more of a rarity. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/WmCVmk
What was childhood like before vaccines?
The anti-vax movement has gone mainstream, but before these shots, grief and loss marked the lives of children.
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
March 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Childhood in the centuries before vaccination was marked by illness, but also by grief and loss in a way that we tend to forget now that disease outbreaks are more of a rarity. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/WmCVmk
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“The HPV vaccine represents a powerful tool in the fight against cancer. Yet, accurate information and access are often lacking in schools and even health clinics.”
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine
Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“The HPV vaccine represents a powerful tool in the fight against cancer. Yet, accurate information and access are often lacking in schools and even health clinics.”
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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“We must join together to fight health misinformation”
LSHTM Director Liam Smeeth urges bold, collaborative action in 2025 as #misinformation ranked top global risk, LSHTM launches counter-misinformation principles. #PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
LSHTM Director Liam Smeeth urges bold, collaborative action in 2025 as #misinformation ranked top global risk, LSHTM launches counter-misinformation principles. #PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
January 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“We must join together to fight health misinformation”
LSHTM Director Liam Smeeth urges bold, collaborative action in 2025 as #misinformation ranked top global risk, LSHTM launches counter-misinformation principles. #PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
LSHTM Director Liam Smeeth urges bold, collaborative action in 2025 as #misinformation ranked top global risk, LSHTM launches counter-misinformation principles. #PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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“Misinformation and disinformation can no longer be viewed simply as an academic nuisance, but rather they are a societal threat”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Misinformation and disinformation can no longer be viewed simply as an academic nuisance, but rather they are a societal threat”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The embrace of LIES and the rise of those who spread them a massive threat to humanity.
Conflict, extreme weather and disinformation top global risks in 2025 cnb.cx/42g80ns
"Misinformation & disinformation were cited as top risks over a two-year time horizon..."
Conflict, extreme weather and disinformation top global risks in 2025 cnb.cx/42g80ns
"Misinformation & disinformation were cited as top risks over a two-year time horizon..."
Conflict, extreme weather and disinformation top global risks in 2025, Davos survey says
Risk specialists identified armed conflict, extreme weather and misinformation among the top global risks for the year ahead, according to a new WEF survey.
cnb.cx
January 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The embrace of LIES and the rise of those who spread them a massive threat to humanity.
Conflict, extreme weather and disinformation top global risks in 2025 cnb.cx/42g80ns
"Misinformation & disinformation were cited as top risks over a two-year time horizon..."
Conflict, extreme weather and disinformation top global risks in 2025 cnb.cx/42g80ns
"Misinformation & disinformation were cited as top risks over a two-year time horizon..."
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"Fact-checkers have not been biased in their work — that attack line comes from those who feel they should be able to exaggerate and lie without rebuttal or contradiction.”
“A hard hit for the fact-checking community and journalism”: Meta eliminates fact-checking in the U.S.
Meta will replace its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. with a crowd-sourced community notes program similar to the one used by X, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on his Facebook page on…
buff.ly
January 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"Fact-checkers have not been biased in their work — that attack line comes from those who feel they should be able to exaggerate and lie without rebuttal or contradiction.”
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Dear Meta & Zuckerberg
Please read.👇 Science-informed policies, please.
Study: Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement mitsloan.mit.edu/press/social...
Please read.👇 Science-informed policies, please.
Study: Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement mitsloan.mit.edu/press/social...
Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement | MIT Sloan
A paper in Nature suggests that the higher quantity of social media policy enforcement for conservative users could be explained by the higher quantity of misinformation shared by those users.
mitsloan.mit.edu
January 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Dear Meta & Zuckerberg
Please read.👇 Science-informed policies, please.
Study: Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement mitsloan.mit.edu/press/social...
Please read.👇 Science-informed policies, please.
Study: Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement mitsloan.mit.edu/press/social...
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Over the past 4–5 years, Facebook has sunset tools (chiefly CrowdTangle) used by researchers and journalists, made data difficult and expensive to get, and iced out academics studying disinformation.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
January 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Over the past 4–5 years, Facebook has sunset tools (chiefly CrowdTangle) used by researchers and journalists, made data difficult and expensive to get, and iced out academics studying disinformation.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
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Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to ditch factcheckers on Facebook and “prioritise free speech” weeks before Donald Trump returns to power was…
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
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The journalists doing the fact-checking say they were blindsided. www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/a-ha...
"In all the years we have been part of the partnership, we or the IFCN never received any complaints from Meta about any political bias"
"In all the years we have been part of the partnership, we or the IFCN never received any complaints from Meta about any political bias"
“A hard hit for the fact-checking community and journalism”: Meta eliminates fact-checking in the U.S.
Meta will replace its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. with a crowd-sourced community notes program similar to the one used by X, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on his Facebook page on Tue...
www.niemanlab.org
January 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The journalists doing the fact-checking say they were blindsided. www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/a-ha...
"In all the years we have been part of the partnership, we or the IFCN never received any complaints from Meta about any political bias"
"In all the years we have been part of the partnership, we or the IFCN never received any complaints from Meta about any political bias"
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Deep sigh
“the world has turned a blind eye to the lessons learned from the pandemic”
www.science.org/content/arti...
“the world has turned a blind eye to the lessons learned from the pandemic”
www.science.org/content/arti...
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting
Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat
www.science.org
January 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Deep sigh
“the world has turned a blind eye to the lessons learned from the pandemic”
www.science.org/content/arti...
“the world has turned a blind eye to the lessons learned from the pandemic”
www.science.org/content/arti...
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“a well-organized, financed, politically motivated, and steadily globalizing campaign of disinformation & attacks against science that makes it difficult to mount an effective global response to the climate & pandemic threats”
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez
skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez
skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer
Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...
skepticalinquirer.org
January 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
“a well-organized, financed, politically motivated, and steadily globalizing campaign of disinformation & attacks against science that makes it difficult to mount an effective global response to the climate & pandemic threats”
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez
skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez
skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
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Proactive solutions are needed to address #misinformation about science.
Our new report provides a comprehensive assessment of the literature on science misinformation, its origins and impact, and strategies for mitigating its spread and potential harms: https://buff.ly/4iM0xSY
Our new report provides a comprehensive assessment of the literature on science misinformation, its origins and impact, and strategies for mitigating its spread and potential harms: https://buff.ly/4iM0xSY
December 19, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Proactive solutions are needed to address #misinformation about science.
Our new report provides a comprehensive assessment of the literature on science misinformation, its origins and impact, and strategies for mitigating its spread and potential harms: https://buff.ly/4iM0xSY
Our new report provides a comprehensive assessment of the literature on science misinformation, its origins and impact, and strategies for mitigating its spread and potential harms: https://buff.ly/4iM0xSY
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"We can’t be intimidated by the attacks that are coming," @scstars.bsky.social writes. "We have to do the rigorous accountability journalism that pisses off people in power."
Reaching the hard-to-reach
"We can't be intimidated by the attacks that are coming. We have to do the rigorous accountability journalism that pisses off people in power."
buff.ly
December 18, 2024 at 9:50 PM
"We can’t be intimidated by the attacks that are coming," @scstars.bsky.social writes. "We have to do the rigorous accountability journalism that pisses off people in power."
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"Derek Beres...used to have orthorexia, an eating disorder characterised by an obsession about eating only healthy food. He sees Covid as a turning point for the unchecked circulation of nutritional misinformation."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
How I escaped the wild west of #cleaneating Instagram and TikTok
Misinformation about health, nutrition and food are rampant on social media. For people prone to eating disorders, this can lead down a dangerous path
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:27 PM
"Derek Beres...used to have orthorexia, an eating disorder characterised by an obsession about eating only healthy food. He sees Covid as a turning point for the unchecked circulation of nutritional misinformation."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 PM
This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often
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"To counter the avalanche of disinformation that is likely heading our way:
-Meet people where they are
-Explain how it relates to them
- Risks, but avoid fearmongering
- Narratives require # s
- It's not about control, it's about health, safety, & education."
medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
-Meet people where they are
-Explain how it relates to them
- Risks, but avoid fearmongering
- Narratives require # s
- It's not about control, it's about health, safety, & education."
medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Fighting Misinformation Like a Doctor
Politicians should view their constituents the same way we view our patients
medpagetoday.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:12 PM
"To counter the avalanche of disinformation that is likely heading our way:
-Meet people where they are
-Explain how it relates to them
- Risks, but avoid fearmongering
- Narratives require # s
- It's not about control, it's about health, safety, & education."
medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
-Meet people where they are
-Explain how it relates to them
- Risks, but avoid fearmongering
- Narratives require # s
- It's not about control, it's about health, safety, & education."
medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...