Damian Collins MP: Social media firms must take responsibility for harmful Covid-19 disinformation
We are living through the first major public health emergency in the age of social media disinformation. Where the disinformation…
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Facebook Australia’s claim it doesn’t need news content is a ‘bluff that will fail’, says US publishing industry leader
Facebook’s claim that it does not need news content to succeed has been called out as a “bluff” by the…
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Infodemic: Survey reveals people who get news from Facebook and Youtube more likely to breach lockdown and spread Covid-19
People who rely on social media for information about coronavirus are more likely to believe conspiracy theories and breach lockdown…
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Nancy Pelosi: Social media bosses have ‘utterly failed’ to combat Covid-19 disinformation
Social media bosses have “utterly failed to stop the spread of disinformation” during the Covid-19 crisis, one of America’s most…
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Facebook joins Google in rejecting Australia’s ‘pay for news’ proposal, telling publishers: You need us more than we need you
Facebook has dismissed the idea it should pay for Australian news content, telling regulators: “News publishers gain more from Facebook…
By Doctors’ group backs Press Gazette Infodemic campaign: ‘Tsunami of falsehoods on Covid-19 is making us helpless’
A group representing doctors across the UK today backs Press Gazette’s “Fight The Infodemic” campaign, which calls on social media…
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‘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…
By 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…
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