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Twitter introduces labels and warnings to fight Covid-19 misinformation
Twitter on Monday started introducing new labels and warning messages that will provide additional …
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Facebook scientists asked to study COVID-19 misinformation at the beginning of the pandemic, but Facebook ignored them, a report says
Facebook scientists asked for resources to study the spread of COVID-19 misinformation, two people …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Instagram joins Facebook and Twitter with new measures to combat COVID misinformation
After Facebook and Twitter, Instagram on Friday announced to roll out two new features to help tack…
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Barely any of the doctors accused of spreading COVID-19 misinformation were ever disciplined, the Washington Post found
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers in several states are pushing to make it even harder for their stat…
Katie Hawkinson
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YouTube is banning content that falsely claims coronavirus vaccines will kill people, cause infertility, or implant patients with a microchip
YouTube will ban fake information about coronavirus vaccines, adding to its overall policy on remov…
Allana Akhtar
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Twitter has apologized for slapping a COVID-19 label on tweets about 5G, but experts say the platform's algorithm could be encouraging the spread of conspiracy theories
Twitter users have noticed the platform marking tweets mentioning "5G" or "oxygen" with a warning a…
Paige Leskin
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Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy in another change under Elon Musk's ownership
In yet another change around content moderation since Musk's takeover, Twitter is no longer enforci…
Britney Nguyen
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How a prolific anti-vax doctor, known for endorsing claims that COVID-19 shots could make you magnetic, oversees a lucrative empire of junk science
Sherri Tenpenny burst into view when she falsely claimed the COVID-19 vaccine may make people magne…
Mia Jankowicz
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TikTok removed 400,000 videos in the 2nd half of 2020 to combat election and COVID-19 misinformation
In total from July 1 to December 31 last year, the company said it removed more than 89.1 million v…
Connor Perrett
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Surgeon General doubles down on criticism of social media, says companies like Facebook need to 'take responsibility' for COVID-19 misinformation
"The reality is misinformation is still spreading like wildfire in our country, aided and abetted b…
Connor Perrett
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India and 12 other nations promises to counter misinformation on COVID-19
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that apart from fighting the deadly COVID-19 p…
PTI
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Spotify appeared to quietly delete 70 Joe Rogan podcast episodes unrelated to his COVID-19 misinformation controversy
It's unclear whether Spotify's removal of episodes is linked to Rogan's COVID-19 misinformation con…
Alia Shoaib
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India supports UN initiative to stop spread of COVID-19 misinformation, fake news
"One of the ways it (misinformation) is spreading is the way people are sharing. The idea of pause …
PTI
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Twitter says it will ban users who repeatedly post misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines
Twitter will use automated and human reviewers to identify and label misleading posts about COVID-1…
Allana Akhtar
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Amazon and Nike are among major brands advertising on websites that spread COVID-19 misinformation, report says
Amazon services ads, along with those from other major companies, were found on more than 30 sites …
Zahra Tayeb
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Neil Young wants his music pulled from Spotify over COVID-19 vaccine misinformation: 'They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.'
Earlier this month, 270 health professionals called on Spotify to mitigate the spread of misinforma…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Facebook expanded its rules on posting misinformation and will remove all false claims about COVID vaccines, including that they cause autism
Facebook also said it is working with the World Health Organization to remove misinformation about …
Natasha Dailey
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Red Cross leader urged countries to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, which he called a 'parallel pandemic' to the disease
Francesco Rocca, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,…
Allana Akhtar
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Twitter temporarily blocked the Trump campaign from tweeting after it shared a video of the president spreading COVID-19 misinformation
Twitter said President Donald Trump's tweet containing false claims about children's risk of becomi…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Facebook removed a Trump post because it violated the company's policies banning 'harmful COVID misinformation'
Facebook reportedly said this was the first time it had taken down a post by President Donald Trump…