RMIT Information Integrity Hub

The RMIT Information Integrity Hub

Digital technology has supercharged the creation, spread and consumption of information, and with it has come information pollution that not only sows mistrust and confusion but also sharpens existing socio-cultural divisions. In a world where social media and the internet touches on almost every aspect of society, the need to minimise the risks posed by harmful digital information has never been greater.

The RMIT Information Integrity Hub (RIIH) is dedicated to developing critical awareness about the origin and spread of misinformation and disinformation and addressing it through fact checking, education and research. An initiative of the School of Media and Communication, the hub brings together the best of quality journalism and academic excellence to advance information integrity and empower people and communities to be critical media consumers and producers.

We operate a dedicated fact-checking outfit, RMIT Lookout, which fact checks harmful false information on social media platforms. We also conduct education and training for RMIT students, industry, government and community organisations, and bring together researchers and research projects that focus on addressing the causes and impacts of information pollution.

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We’ve been tracking the Labor government’s 2022 election commitments. Has the government broken more promises than it’s kept? 

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Our monthly newsletter

Read the latest news and research about false information and efforts to advance information integrity in our regular newsletter. 

Get in touch

For information about our education and training services, or our research activities, you can contact the RMIT Information Integrity Hub here.

For information about fact checking or internship opportunities, contact RMIT Lookout.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.