In a 5,000-strong Telegram group called Awakened Travel, the international unvaccinated discuss how they can roam the world while dodging…
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Facebook Papers: The radical chiropractor Facebook banned and then studied. | Slate
by Nitish Pahwa
January 12, 2022
On Sept. 28, 2006, a young chiropractor, then about 30 years old, signed up for Facebook, where he posted about…
Novak Djokovic Addresses ‘Misinformation’ on Australian Travel Form | Rolling Stone
by Althea Legaspi
January 12, 2022
Novak Djokovic released a statement on Wednesday to “clarify misinformation,” which included discrepancies in an Australian travel document used last…
Covid Test Misinformation Spikes Along With Spread of Omicron | The New York Times
by Davey Alba
January 11, 2022
On Dec. 29, The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website that often spreads conspiracy theories, published an article falsely implying that…
‘Flurona’ Is a Great Example of How Misinformation Blooms | Scientific American
by Raghu Adiga
January 10, 2022
Earlier this week, Israeli media reported a person who was hospitalized with evidence of both seasonal flu and COVID at…
Twitter bans personal Greene account for Covid misinformation | POLITICO
by Associated Press
January 3, 2022
“Twitter is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth,” Greene said. “That’s fine, I’ll show America we don’t…
I’ve been lied about and others get death threats. Covid has shown the power of misinformation | The Guardian
by Devi Sridhar
January 3, 2022
Before the experience of the past two years of Covid-19, I had assumed that a deadly viral outbreak would be…
What Does It Take To Combat Disinformation? | The NPR Politics Podcast
by Miles Parks
December 29, 2021
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor at Syracuse University, talks to NPR's Miles Parks about conspiracy, disinformation, and what it would take…
Armenian American groups fight COVID misinformation | Los Angeles Times
by Emily Alpert Reyes
December 28, 2021
In Armenia, it is estimated that less than a quarter of residents had gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 as of mid-December,…
Fake news and fact-checking: Study examines social media use during the pandemic | Phys.org
by Nottingham Trent University
December 17, 2021
Social media was used to both spread misinformation and for fact-checking during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to…