All posts by Stan Karanasios
In disasters, people are abandoning official info for social media. Here’s how to know what to trust
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. In an emergency, where do you turn to find out what’s going on and what you should do to stay safe? Traditionally, government agencies have been the “go-to” sources of information in events such as floods and bushfires,…
The COVIDSafe app is dead. What can we learn from this ‘failure’?
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. On August 9 2022, Australia’s COVIDSafe app was officially decommissioned, and all its features removed. People were encouraged to uninstall the app. Reports of its closure have made international news. On ceasing COVIDSafe, health minister Mark Butler said…