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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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Award-winning Spotify science podcast drops regular show to focus on countering misinformation spread by Joe Rogan and others on Spotify
Spotify's support of Rogan "has felt like a slap in the face," say the makers of the "Science Vs" p…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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People are more likely to believe AI-generated tweets than ones written by humans, study finds
A Science Advances analysis explored whether respondents could tell the difference between tweets g…
Beatrice Nolan
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'Misinfo-demic' about COVID-19 a poison that is putting even more lives at risk: UN chief
United Nations, Apr 14 () UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned that a global "mi…
PTI
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TikTokers tried to prove that snow in Texas was 'fake' as weather conspiracy theories ran wild online
From "fake snow" to Bill Gates, conspiracy theories about the Texas storm are spreading. Right-wing…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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WhatsApp is offering rewards for a solution to deal with misinformation in India
They’ve even named the contest, the ‘WhatsApp Research Awards for Social Science and Misinform…
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TikTokers are spreading a false claim that Costco chicken can cause cancer based on scientific misinformation
Carrageenan, a common, natural food preservative with a similar name to a substance used in X-ray i…
Mara Leighton,Allana Akhtar
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Meet the scientists on TikTok challenging conspiracy theories and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines
Team Halo is a collective of volunteers, plus a chihuahua, making videos about the vaccine creation…
Naina Bhardwaj
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'Misinfo-demic' about COVID-19 proliferating falsehoods, putting more lives at risk: Guterres
"There seems to be barely an area left untouched by disinformation in relation to the COVID-19 cris…
PTI
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Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson refused to answer a question about Exxon and climate change
Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia identified a series of reports from The New York Review of Books, The…
Rafi Letzter
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An anti-vaxxer group is suing Facebook for putting fact-checking labels on anti-vaccine posts
Anti-vaxxers have relied on social media like Facebook to spread false information about vaccines b…
Aaron Holmes
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Facebook admits it messed up again
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg started sharing data with researchers in 2018. Three years later, the …
Hannah Towey
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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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Pfizer CEO calls people who spread misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines 'criminals because they have literally cost millions of lives'
"They're not bad people," Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Tuesday. "They're criminals because they ha…
Lauren Frias
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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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WHO chief backs Neil Young after the singer demanded Spotify either drop Joe Rogan from its platform or remove his music from the service
Young made the request because several episodes of Rogan's podcast have promoted false claims about…
Matthew Loh
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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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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…