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Online verification newsroom CrossCheck has launched a public tipline ahead of the referendum on the Voice to Parliament to help journalists combat the influence of misinformation trends.

Cutting edge disinformation detection and tracking software will be used by RMIT FactLab to investigate and debunk misinformation and disinformation on social media during the federal election campaign.

RMIT FactLab has partnered with Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to fight the spread of misinformation through independent third-party fact-checking.

More than 30% of people who actively seek fact-checked information have shared misinformation themselves, a new study suggests.

With COVID-19 case numbers on the rise in Victoria, some people have drawn an unsubstantiated link between the spike and the large Black Lives Matter protest held in Melbourne on June 6.

There have been claims on social media that WA's emergency health powers allow forced testing, vaccination and removal of clothing of children.

Both NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos claimed COVID-19 testing rates in their respective states compared favourably with the rest of the world. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

More than 400 published fact checks have been made available for the very first time as a searchable archive.

The EU Centre was proud to welcome back Curtin University’s Dr Alexey Muraviev to RMIT for a guest seminar on “The role of the EU and NATO in containing security risks in the Indo-Pacific”.

On Friday 12 May 2023, RMIT was proud to host Europe Day in Melbourne, and celebrate EU-Australian research collaboration.

On Tuesday 28 March 2023, Dr Emma Shortis and Professor Bruce Wilson presented an introduction to the Smart Specialisation (S3) Process as it relates to the Victorian Forestry Plan.

Following months of intensive deliberations, the EU Commission & UK Government unveiled the renegotiated Windsor Framework in late February, aimed at addressing the impasses of the 2020 Northern Ireland Protocol Brexit withdrawal agreement.