Lam Thuy Vo
@lamthuyvo.bsky.social
Reporter who tinkers with data Documented NY
Teach: Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Past: The Markup, BuzzFeed News, WSJ, NPR, Al Jazeera America
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lamthuyvo.com
Teach: Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Past: The Markup, BuzzFeed News, WSJ, NPR, Al Jazeera America
[email protected]
lamthuyvo.com
Last but not least this is a model we've been able to apply to many other immigrant communities. Below are some tip sheets that is informed by this reporting.
They will be passed out via a zine across the U.S. and about 1K of them will reach Boston-area AAPI communities.
bsky.app/profile/docu...
They will be passed out via a zine across the U.S. and about 1K of them will reach Boston-area AAPI communities.
bsky.app/profile/docu...
Our tipsheet on identifying misinformation on the internet has been translated into Haitian Creole, Spanish, Chinese, Bangla, Khmer and Vietnamese!
See below for translated tipsheets, created by our @lamthuyvo.bsky.social.
See below for translated tipsheets, created by our @lamthuyvo.bsky.social.
Over the past year, we’ve been covering how misinformation spreads to migrants on TikTok, and what people can do to better spot and combat false and misleading info when they see it.
Here’s some of the stories we’ve covered (🧵1/9):
Here’s some of the stories we’ve covered (🧵1/9):
March 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Last but not least this is a model we've been able to apply to many other immigrant communities. Below are some tip sheets that is informed by this reporting.
They will be passed out via a zine across the U.S. and about 1K of them will reach Boston-area AAPI communities.
bsky.app/profile/docu...
They will be passed out via a zine across the U.S. and about 1K of them will reach Boston-area AAPI communities.
bsky.app/profile/docu...
This investigation was is part of community-based journalism around misinformation. I've long been told by editors that stories like these are too niche. Yet to every Vietnamese person I spoke to had seen these ads. This is for them.
March 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This investigation was is part of community-based journalism around misinformation. I've long been told by editors that stories like these are too niche. Yet to every Vietnamese person I spoke to had seen these ads. This is for them.
Two other collaborators and I have been teaching workshops around misinformation to Vietnamese folks (60+ across the country). Culturally relevant examples like these are crucial to explaining how misinformation is relevant to immigrant communities. It's hard to relate to this in abstract.
March 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Two other collaborators and I have been teaching workshops around misinformation to Vietnamese folks (60+ across the country). Culturally relevant examples like these are crucial to explaining how misinformation is relevant to immigrant communities. It's hard to relate to this in abstract.
YouTube has taken down all accounts associated with the supplements that we sent them for review. And Vietnamese folks have been sharing the story, including one doctor who said she has been told by various patients that they thought the supplements can cure diabetes.
March 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
YouTube has taken down all accounts associated with the supplements that we sent them for review. And Vietnamese folks have been sharing the story, including one doctor who said she has been told by various patients that they thought the supplements can cure diabetes.
The story came to me from the Vietnamese community. Thanks to @vietfactcheck.org and Viet Bao, it's also accessible in Vietnamese.
It's currently available in print for $0.25 at Vietnamese stores in California and online.
vietbao.com/a321523/nhun...
vietfactcheck.org/2025/02/27/n...
It's currently available in print for $0.25 at Vietnamese stores in California and online.
vietbao.com/a321523/nhun...
vietfactcheck.org/2025/02/27/n...
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The story came to me from the Vietnamese community. Thanks to @vietfactcheck.org and Viet Bao, it's also accessible in Vietnamese.
It's currently available in print for $0.25 at Vietnamese stores in California and online.
vietbao.com/a321523/nhun...
vietfactcheck.org/2025/02/27/n...
It's currently available in print for $0.25 at Vietnamese stores in California and online.
vietbao.com/a321523/nhun...
vietfactcheck.org/2025/02/27/n...
We identified more than 50 YouTube channels hosting ads for the supplements, several websites that claimed false affiliations with hospitals and featured made up doctors.
Below is one website featuring a stock image of a doctor, claiming he was a real doctor.
Below is one website featuring a stock image of a doctor, claiming he was a real doctor.
March 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We identified more than 50 YouTube channels hosting ads for the supplements, several websites that claimed false affiliations with hospitals and featured made up doctors.
Below is one website featuring a stock image of a doctor, claiming he was a real doctor.
Below is one website featuring a stock image of a doctor, claiming he was a real doctor.