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The belief that vaccines are dangerous and related anti-vax views
Alphabet Inc’s YouTube is working to remove videos from its site that spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. This will include claims that the vaccine will kill people or cause infertility, or that microchips will be implanted in people who receive it. YouTube already removes videos that …
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By Reuters Staff 13 Min Read Correction, Oct. 17, 2020: Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS An earlier version of this check included an editing note. This has been removed and a date and a link have been added in reference to a speech made by Dr Anthony Fauci. _________________ An article shared online …
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YouTube announced on Wednesday that it will now be extending current rules about lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic to include misinformation about coronavirus vaccines. Per Reuters, the video giant now says it will prohibit content about coronavirus vaccines …
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Mayor Nuatali Nelmes says she won’t allow dangerous misinformation about vaccines to be spread in Newcastle. The City of Newcastle has vowed to ban a group of anti-vaccination activists from holding any events in its local government area. Mayor Nuatali Nelmes Members of the Australian …
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QAnon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the string instrument, see Qanun (instrument). American far-right conspiracy theory US Vice President Mike Pence with members of the SWAT team of Broward County, Florida, on November 30, 2018; the man on the left of the image is displaying a red and …
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A version of this editorial first appeared in USA Today. The Pocono Record endorses this opinion. In recent years, the anti-vaccine movement in the United States has become something of a disease itself, finding willing hosts in both the conspiracy theorists of the right and Big Pharma doubters …
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On 16 August 1819, an estimated 60,000 pro-democracy and anti-poverty activists were peacefully protesting the utterly corrupt nature of the Parliament in Westminster and demanding the reform of parliamentary representation (which afforded less than 2% of people the right to vote). The gathering …
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A new study of beliefs and attitudes toward COVID-19 in five different countries – UK, US, Ireland, Mexico and Spain – has identified how much traction some prominent conspiracy theories have within these populations. The research reveals ‘key predictors’ for susceptibility to fake pandemic news, …
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Mark Zuckerberg has clearly had enough of being hauled in front of Congress and hectored by a gang of senior citizens and listening to the head of the ACLU slam his company as a vessel for violent hate speech. Because over the past few months, Facebook has done a complete 180 on its position about …
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A Reuters article republished by Bangkok Post titled, “Thailand to make, supply AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine” would claim that Thailand has agreed to make AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. This is despite the vaccine not only not having passed clinical trials or having been determined to be safe or …
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