‘Coronavirus misinformation on social media is costing lives’: Doctors plead for help over Covid-19 falsehoods
A global group of doctors is pleading with social media companies to help them combat the ‘infodemic’ of coronavirus misinformation…
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Doctors warn Covid-19 misinformation is harming patients as they call for infodemic crackdown
Frontline doctors have told of how Covid-19 misinformation on social media is endangering patients’ lives. Dr Megan Smith, a consultant…
By Social media giants fail to tackle 90% of Covid-19 misinformation – new study
Social media giants are failing to tackle more than 90 per cent of Covid-19 misinformation posts, a new study out…
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Cash for conspiracies: How David Icke, ‘alternative’ media and tech giants make money from coronavirus conspiracies
David Icke has a theory about why Iran was badly hit by coronavirus in March. Sort of. “We have a…
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Google and Facebook share prices recover from Covid-19 slump while ad-reliant publishers struggle
Google and Facebook’s share prices have recovered to pre-coronavirus crisis levels, suggesting fears over their advertising revenues are receding. But…
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Soaring Q1 revenues for Google and Facebook could spell good news for global news industry
Google owner Alphabet and Facebook both surpassed expectations with their revenues in the first three months of the year, despite…
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Ad market abuse concerns cited by shareholders launching bid to oust Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook chairman
A group of Facebook investors is seeking to remove Mark Zuckerberg as chairman, citing several controversies facing the tech giant,…
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Australia to force Google and Facebook to pay for news content
Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia, the government has said,…
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