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Facebook tries to pre-empt regulation by squeezing anti-vaxxers
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Archived 6 years ago from The Economist
Facebook tries to pre-empt regulation by squeezing anti-vaxxers

Feb 13th 2021 “I JUST BELIEVE strongly that Facebook shouldn’t be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online,” Mark Zuckerberg, the social-media boss, said last year. Yet despite Mr Zuckerberg’s hope, that is what Facebook has become. Like a power company, Facebook can illuminate …

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Craig Kelly invoked the name of an Australian immunologist during a confrontation with Tanya Plibersek, but that doesn’t mean he’s correct about COVID-19 treatments
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Archived 6 years ago from ABC News
Craig Kelly invoked the name of an Australian immunologist during a confrontation with Tanya Plibersek, but that doesn’t mean he’s correct about COVID-19 treatments

CoronaCheck is RMIT ABC Fact Check’s weekly email newsletter dedicated to fighting the misinformation infodemic surrounding the coronavirus outbreak. You can read the latest edition below, and subscribe to have the next newsletter delivered straight to your inbox. CoronaCheck #52 Welcome to …

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Election tech firms file lawsuits over conspiracy coverage. Is One America News next?
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Archived 6 years ago from The San Diego Union-Tribune
Election tech firms file lawsuits over conspiracy coverage. Is One America News next?

After devoting months of airtime to the baseless conspiracy theory of a rigged presidential election, the Trump-friendly One America News Network is eyeing potential legal exposure as the threat of litigation looms. The ultra-conservative news outlet, based in San Diego, has already been named in …

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Instagram Bars RFK Jr. For Spreading Vaccine Misinformation : Coronavirus Updates
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Archived 6 years ago from NPR
Instagram Bars RFK Jr. For Spreading Vaccine Misinformation : Coronavirus Updates

Instagram has blocked the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying he used it to spread misinformation about vaccines. He’s seen here last summer, speaking to a crowd in Berlin, at an event that highlighted coronavirus skepticism and conspiracy theories. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption toggle …

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Facebook ramps up fight against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
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Archived 6 years ago from devex.com
Facebook ramps up fight against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Facebook announces that it is removing false claims about COVID-19 vaccines debunked by public health experts. Photo by: Igor Golovniov / SOPA Images / Sipa USA Facebook is expanding its efforts to fight misinformation on vaccines and the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, the company announced that it …

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WHO Is Fighting False COVID Info On Social Media. How’s That Going?
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Archived 6 years ago from North Country Public Radio
WHO Is Fighting False COVID Info On Social Media. How’s That Going?

Open up any social media app on your phone and you’ll see it: links to COVID-19 information from trustworthy sources. Here, a Twitter screen reads, “No, 5G isn’t causing coronavirus.” Image: Michele Abercrombie/NPR Open up any social media app on your phone and you’ll likely see links to COVID-19 …

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Meet the Minnesota mom fighting QAnon conspiracies one Instagram story at a time
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Archived 6 years ago from The Albany Herald
Meet the Minnesota mom fighting QAnon conspiracies one Instagram story at a time

When Sharon McMahon scrolled through social media in the months leading up to last year’s presidential election, she said found herself horrified by the amount of “straight misinformation” filling her feed. “It was just shockingly wrong,” McMahon, a Minnesota mom of four, told CNN. “Like not even a …

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Facebook extends ban on anti-vax misinformation
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Archived 6 years ago from POLITICO.eu
Facebook extends ban on anti-vax misinformation

Facebook is expanding the list of false claims on COVID-19 and vaccines that are banned from its platform and from its subsidiary Instagram, the company announced late Monday. The expanded list of banned claims includes the idea that “COVID-19 is man-made or manufactured,” that “vaccines are not …

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Facebook announces major clampdown on vaccine, coronavirus ‘misinformation’
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Archived 6 years ago from TheBlaze
Facebook announces major clampdown on vaccine, coronavirus ‘misinformation’

Facebook announced Monday a major clampdown on the spread of what the tech giant considers to be “false claims” about COVID-19 and vaccines.Moving forward the company will be removing from its platform any misinformation regarding the coronavirus and vaccines, including claims that the virus was …

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