What led to negative COVID-19 vaccine perceptions on Twitter

March 30, 2022 antivax, big tech

Archived 5 years ago from Contemporary Pediatrics
What led to negative COVID-19 vaccine perceptions on Twitter

Fact-based news on social media caused negative perceptions about COVID-19 vaccines, but fake news did not – a “paradox,” according to a new study of Twitter posts. The findings were part of the study, “Misinformation versus Facts: Understanding the Influence of News Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines on …

Conspiracy

March 30, 2022 big tech

Archived 5 years ago from The Times
Facebook algorithm ‘pushes conspiracy theories at climate change sceptics’

Facebook’s automated algorithms push climate change sceptics to read increasingly extreme conspiracy theories and misinformation about global warming, a study has found. Instead of recommending reliable sources of information about climate change to those who deny that human activity is warming the …

Twitter censored Oxford academic who shared Daily Mail article about inflated Covid deaths

COVID-19

March 29, 2022 big tech

Archived 5 years ago from David Icke
Twitter censored Oxford academic who shared Daily Mail article about inflated Covid deaths

Twitter backtracked, admitting it got it wrong. Twitter is still fighting against Covid-related information using various censorship methods, including censoring academics and labeling what appear to be legitimate news stories based on scientific studies as “potentially spammy or unsafe.” Professor …

Ukraine

March 29, 2022 big tech

Archived 5 years ago from Full Fact
Facebook video shows actors making a TV series in 2020—not staging the war in Ukraine

A video of someone applying fake blood to actors is being shared on Facebook with the caption “White helmets in action, ‘innocent victims of Russian aggression’ smile and wave you [sic]”. The phrase “white helmets” appears to be a reference to a humanitarian organisation in Syria, which has been …

Big tech failing to live up to pledges on climate disinformation

Conspiracy

March 28, 2022 big tech

Archived 4 years ago from Global Witness
Big tech failing to live up to pledges on climate disinformation

28 March 2022, London – Facebook users that show an interest in climate scepticism are being driven towards more – and often increasingly extreme – climate disinformation content by Facebook’s algorithms, as revealed by ournew investigation published today. It comes on the day the UK communications …

Twitter bans Oxford academic who shared this MoS article – but allows anti-vax rants

COVID-19

March 26, 2022 antivax, big tech

Archived 5 years ago from Daily Mail
Twitter bans Oxford academic who shared this MoS article – but allows anti-vax rants

Twitter has been accused of censorship after putting a ‘fake news’ warning on a Mail on Sunday article about an Oxford University study that found Britain’s coronavirus death toll may be lower than thought. Despite allowing accounts which spout dangerous anti-vax claims, the social-media giant …

Great Reset

March 26, 2022 big tech

Archived 5 years ago from Based Underground
Apple Prepares for The Great Reset With Plans to Make You Rent Your iPhone

“You will own nothing, and you will be happy.” The mantra of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution for the globalist elites at the World Economic Forum has always been a challenging concept for most Americans to fully grasp. Our nation was built on the precepts of freedom, capitalism, and …

Feds’ Pressure on Tech Platforms to Censor COVID ‘Misinformation’ Is Unconstitutional, Suit Says

COVID-19

March 26, 2022 big tech

Archived 5 years ago from Based Underground
Feds’ Pressure on Tech Platforms to Censor COVID ‘Misinformation’ Is Unconstitutional, Suit Says

The government’s sustained pressure on social media platforms to censor and report purported COVID-19 misinformation amounts to “state action” that violates the First Amendment, according to a lawsuit filed Friday on behalf of three Twitter users. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a frequent …

Opinion | American social media platforms should stop enabling Russia’s ‘Z’ campaign

Ukraine

March 24, 2022 big tech, qanon, russia

Archived 5 years ago from The Washington Post
Opinion | American social media platforms should stop enabling Russia’s ‘Z’ campaign

I’m not talking about the QAnon conspiracy (though all of the above applies to it). I’m talking about “Z,” the propaganda campaign amplified by the Kremlin in Eastern Europe to gin up support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s murderous war in Ukraine. The Z campaign started in the days after …

Ukraine

March 24, 2022 big tech, russia

Archived 5 years ago from USA TODAY
Facebook fight for Ukraine: ‘Cyber elves’ take on Russian trolls

Facebook fight for Ukraine: ‘Cyber elves’ take on Russian trolls News Sports Entertainment Life Money Tech Travel Opinion Tens of thousands of volunteers in Europe are helping Ukraine by battling Russian trolls on Facebook. They call themselves “elves” and their goal is to expose Kremlin propaganda …

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