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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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40 Facebook pages identified as 'super-spreaders' of election misinformation are reaching millions of users
There are 40 pages on Facebook that act as 'super-spreaders' of voting and election misinformation,…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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Just stating facts may not be enough to overcome misinformation: Study
Researchers found that among 152 college students exposed to misinformation, those who read an arti…
PTI
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False coronavirus information isn't just a nuisance, it could be deadly. At least 800 people have died as a result of misinformation about the virus that spread online during the first 3 months of the year, study finds.
Almost 6,000 people were hospitalized and at least 800 died because of coronavirus misinformation, …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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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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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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84% of medical misinformation on Facebook is never tagged with a warning, and is viewed billions of times, report says
A report by Avaaz identified 3.8 billion views for medical misinformation on Facebook, most of whic…
Sinéad Baker
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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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Facebook has no idea how far COVID-19 vaccine misinformation has spread.
Facebook data scientists told the New York Times that they asked the company for help to measure mi…
Katie Canales
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Misinformation vs. disinformation: What to know about each form of false information, and how to spot them online
Both misinformation and disinformation involve the sharing of false or inaccurate information, with…
Meira Gebel
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Connecticut will pay a specialist $150,000 to combat election misinformation ahead of the 2022 midterms
The misinformation specialist is tasked with combatting "malicious foreign actors" and ensuring vot…
Rosie Bradbury,Beatrice Nolan
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2 Democrat Senators want to make Big Tech companies liable when their algorithms promote health misinformation
The bill comes after Facebook fought with the Biden administration over whether misinformation on i…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus compares Facebook to Putin and Fox News as top source of election misinformation as the company tests new COVID-19 lie-detector
Facebook is piloting an early-warning system to alert moderators to posts with potential misinforma…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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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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Fake AI images now contributing to misinformation spread nearly as much as traditionally altered media: Research
Fake images churned out by artificial intelligence (AI) are now spreading at an alarming rate, near…
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Facebook posts from misinformation sources get 6 times more engagement than reputable news sites, new study says
Facebook said the study doesn't show how many people viewed misinformation - but it doesn't share t…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A network of teen fact-checkers is tackling online misinformation ahead of the election — here's what they want you to know about spotting falsified facts
The MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network is training Gen Z middle- and high-schoolers to spot and d…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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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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An old video has surfaced of Sen. Rand Paul telling students that spreading misinformation is a 'great tactic'
The Kentucky senator admits in the 2013 video he would "sometimes spread misinformation" to college…