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Focus Tag: Disinformation
Meet three Reddit moderators fighting disinformation on r/Coronavirus | Science News
by Anushree Dave
May 5, 2021
Combating misinformation online is an ongoing challenge for big tech, and it’s especially difficult when it’s on a discussion board…
How to Talk to Friends and Family Who Share Misinformation | PEN America
by Pen America
April 23, 2021
You might know the feeling: You see your aunt, cousin, or friend share something on Facebook, but you doubt the…
The anti-vax movement targeting German children | BBC News
by BBC Trending
April 15, 2021
The girl with the loudspeaker doesn't look much older than 15. "I've spoken at these demonstrations [before]," she says, before…
Climate change conspiracy memes on Instagram extend across the web | FirstDraft
by Rory Smith
April 14, 2021
In September 2020, Facebook (which owns Instagram) committed to “tackling climate misinformation” and announced it would apply warning labels to…
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy begins to fade, but stubborn resistance remains among evangelicals | San Bernardino Sun
by Teri Sforza
April 11, 2021
He has been pushed off Facebook and banned from Twitter, but Larry Cook battles on at StopMandatoryVaccination.com, where the Los…
African Immigrant Organizations Fight COVID-19 Vaccine Disinformation | NPR
by All Things Considered
April 7, 2021
Switching between Swahili and English, Dr. Frank Minja asked the African immigrants on the Zoom call if they had any…
How 4chan and 8kun users rely on YouTube videos to spread climate change denialism | First Draft
by Carlotta Dotto
April 7, 2021
To identify popular climate change misinformation circulating online, First Draft analyzed climate change-related conversations over the past year on the…
YouTube argues it’s getting better at removing hate speech | The Washington Post
by Gerritt de Vynck
April 7, 2021
YouTube released data on Tuesday arguing that it is getting better at spotting and removing videos that break its rules against…
The women fighting South Africa’s ‘infodemic’ | BBC News
by BBC Trending
April 5, 2021
When Sarah Downs tweeted about how her grandmother had died from Covid-19, there was one response she did not expect.…