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The coronavirus ‘infodemic’: truth and conspiracy online
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Archived 6 years ago from PublicTechnology
The coronavirus ‘infodemic’: truth and conspiracy online

Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/PA ImagesThe internet has always loved a conspiracy theory. The Earth is flat. Avril Lavigne was secretly replaced with a clone, à la Paul McCartney. Elvis faked his own death and lived out a quiet retirement in Graceland. Drinking disinfectant will kill …

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Facebook says it’s cracking down on climate change misinformation. Scientists say it’s not doing enough.
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Archived 6 years ago from USA TODAY
Facebook says it’s cracking down on climate change misinformation. Scientists say it’s not doing enough.

Facebook says it’s moving aggressively to counter climate-change misinformation with a Climate Science Information Center that launched Tuesday and aims to connect users with science-based facts.  “Climate change is real,” the company said. “The science is unambiguous and the need to act grows more …

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Facebook to delete ‘false’ claims about Oregon fires as conspiracy theorists unfoundedly blame Antifa
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Archived 6 years ago from The Daily World
Facebook to delete ‘false’ claims about Oregon fires as conspiracy theorists unfoundedly blame Antifa

By Kate Feldman New York Daily News As conspiracy theories and baseless claims about arson swirl around the deadly Oregon wildfires, Facebook said Saturday that it will work to take down “false” posts and misinformation. Without providing details about the allegations that have accused Antifa, or …

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With fake news, anti-vax discourse spreads in social media
Vaccines

Archived 6 years ago from The Pharma Letter
With fake news, anti-vax discourse spreads in social media

Fake news of any kind is of great concern globally, but especially important in terms of health care and vaccination at a time of the COVID-19 pandemic and a decline in uptake for children’s and HPV vaccines. According to a posting on Brazil’s Fiocruz website by the Institute’s Cristine …

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Defying crackdowns, QAnon continues its relentless global spread
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Archived 6 years ago from Financial Times
Defying crackdowns, QAnon continues its relentless global spread

The online phenomenon known as QAnon is evolving beyond its pro-Trump roots and spreading rapidly into new global communities, despite efforts by social media platforms to stamp out the world’s most persistent conspiracy theory. Cryptic posts by the group or individual known as “Q” first began …

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Mayor Woodward’s social media posts draw attention to controversial fluoride measure
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Archived 6 years ago from KHQ Right Now
Mayor Woodward’s social media posts draw attention to controversial fluoride measure

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane Mayor Woodward’s social media posts are drawing more heated attention to one of the most controversial measures in years — whether to add fluoride to the city’s water.On Thursday, Mayor Woodward reposted a tweet from an account called ‘Grain of Sand.” The anti-fluoride …

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In Search Of A Flat Earth – YouTube
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Archived 2 years ago from kottke.org
In Search Of A Flat Earth – YouTube

[embedded content] In Search of a Flat Earth is a documentary essay by Folding Ideas’ Dan Olson that starts out talking about people who believe the Earth is flat (and why it’s so difficult to convince them otherwise) but then takes a sharp turn toward a more recent and much more worrying …

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