News and Research articles on covid-19

Government responses to online disinformation unpacked

Samuel Cipers, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Trisha Meyer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Jonas Lefevere, University of Antwerp
PUBLISHED ON: 11 Dec 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.4.1736

This article provides a database of government responses to online disinformation and compares the amount and type of response over time and against the level of democratisation, press freedom, and gross domestic product.

Pandemic platform governance: Mapping the global ecosystem of COVID-19 response apps

Michael Dieter, University of Warwick
Anne Helmond, University of Amsterdam
Nathaniel Tkacz, University of Warwick
Fernando van der Vlist, University of Siegen
Esther Weltevrede, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 6 Aug 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.3.1568

How have app stores governed the global app response to the coronavirus pandemic? An exploratory systematic mapping of COVID-19 pandemic response apps.