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…
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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