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Joe Rogan interviewed a doctor who's been kicked off Twitter for misinformation. Doctors and scientists say it's time for Spotify to better police its podcasts.
270 experts in health and medicine signed an open letter stating Spotify's role in airing misinform…
Allana Akhtar
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Elon Musk has a 'huge responsibility' to tackle vaccine misinformation on Twitter, WHO official says
"We wish Mr Musk luck with his endeavours to improve the quality of information that we all receive…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The ivermectin battle isn't over: COVID-19 doctors are prescribing the drug in plain sight
Misinformation campaigns and hero complexes drive doctors to dole out ivermectin for COVID-19, desp…
Aria Bendix
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Fauci says the anti-vaccination movement is bigger than we think
Fauci, the nation's top disease expert, said 'disinformation and misinformation' now 'tends to rule…
Jake Epstein
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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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Tucker Carlson pushes blatantly false InfoWars conspiracy theory that white people are being denied monoclonal antibodies because of their race
"If you wanted to make the population radical and distrustful and conspiracy minded ... this is exa…
Jake Lahut
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An anti-vaxx scientist said 'mass formation psychosis' caused people to follow COVID-19 measures. Psychologists say there's no such thing.
Psychologists said there's no credibility to Dr. Robert Malone's claims that millions of people wer…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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QAnon influencer who spread conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 dies after contracting the virus
"I'm exhausted and I have no, I'm very, very weak. I have no strength. I haven't eaten in four days…
Morgan Keith
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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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The roots of ivermectin mania: How South America incubated a fake-medicine craze that took the US by storm
Retracted scientific studies, populist politicians and a Fox News host have fuelled the popularity …
Tom Porter
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Sherri Tenpenny, leading 'disinformation dozen' anti-vaxxer, described having COVID-19 symptoms and getting on planes
Dr Sherri Tenpenny said she got ill after "serious COVID exposures," over the summer and fall, duri…
Mia Jankowicz
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Florida school reverses 30-day stay-at-home order for vaccinated kids - a policy based on false claims about the COVID-19 shot
A Florida private school that drew controversy after saying vaccinated students must stay home for …
Hilary Brueck
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An anti-vax doctor who's one of the biggest spreaders of COVID-19 disinformation says he doesn't lose sleep if his remarks cause death
Dr. Rashid Buttar, a member of the "Disinformation Dozen," appeared on CNN to promote anti-vax theo…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Trump-backed Republican, eyeing bid for Pennsylvania governor's office, falsely suggests COVID-19 vaccines are not true vaccines
State Sen. Doug Mastriano, who pushed false claims about the 2020 election, said, "I guess I should…
Charles Davis
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Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for spreading COVID-19 misinformation
"We permanently suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinforma…
Yelena Dzhanova,John L. Dorman
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Nicki Minaj's vaccine tweets were the latest test of social media's imperfect system for stopping misinformation's spread
The White House has pointed to online misinformation as a roadblock to getting more Americans vacci…
Allana Akhtar
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Nicki Minaj told her 157M followers on Instagram that she was locked in 'Twitter jail.' Twitter denies it.
The rapper has been accused of making false or misleading claims on social media related to the COV…
Emily Walsh
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Trinidad and Tobago's health minister said that Nicki Minaj's bogus COVID-19 vaccine claims wasted the department's time
There's no record that vaccine side effects Minaj described ever happened in Trindad and Tobago or …
Madison Hall
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Tucker Carlson praised Nicki Minaj after the rapper groundlessly linked COVID-19 vaccines to impotence and swollen testicles
The Fox News host has found an unlikely ally in his quest to question the safety and efficacy of CO…
Tom Porter
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Here are the Republicans in Congress still pushing vaccine misinformation
"Don't come knocking on my door with your 'Fauci ouchie,'" Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado said. "Y…