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- Business Insider 23:29April 8, 2021After the identity of 'Q' may have been revealed in a documentary, QAnon followers are calling it 'fake news'An HBO filmmaker thought he uncovered the identity of the QAnon creator, but followers of the conspiracy theory are not convinced.
< Tech Insider, Media, News, Politics, QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, Misinformation, Far-Right, extremism > - Business Insider 19:15April 6, 2021Google's search animation is encouraging people to wear masks as some states begin lifting mandatesWhen clicked, the animation brings a searcher to a results page that says "Wear a mask. Save lives."
< Healthcare, Tech Insider, News, Google, Face masks, COVID-19, Pandemic, CDC, Anthony Fauci, Rochelle Walensky, Misinformation, Vaccine > - Business Insider 16:08April 6, 2021Social media's booming 'armchair expert' culture is dangerousDuring a pandemic, the prevalence of conflicting information from self-proclaimed experts allows users to believe what they want about the crisis.
< Opinion, Tech Insider, Science, Opinion, BI Commentary, COVID-19, COVID, Twitter, Social Media, Pandemic, Misinformation > - Business Insider 12:50April 4, 2021Christians are increasingly falling victim to online falsehoods. Meet the librarian leading the fight against conspiracy theories and health misinformation.Rachel Wightman, a librarian and a Christian at Concordia University in St. Paul, is leading misinformation workshops for churches across the US.
< News, UK Weekend, News UK, Religion, Church, Misinformation, QAnon, conspiracy theory > - Business Insider 18:33March 30, 2021Facebook's chief revenue officer David Fischer is leaving the company later this yearFischer helms the social media giant's advertising business and runs its global sales and marketing teams.
< Tech Insider, News, Tech, Social Media, Facebook, Misinformation, Antitrust > - Business Insider 18:02March 29, 2021FBI warns of the rise of 'deepfakes' in coming months and explains how to spot them easilyThe FBI has issued a warning against "malicious actors" using synthetic content like deepfakes to wage campaigns for trade and impact purposes.
< Tech Insider, Tech Contributors, International, International Contributors, Nordic, BI General Contributors, BI International, Business Insider España, Jeevan Ravindran, Deepfake, Deepfake Technology, Deepfakes, FBI, Russia, China, Misinformation, Online Abuse, Revenge Porn > - Business Insider 13:20March 29, 2021Facebook has frozen the president of Venezuela's page for repeatedly promoting a 'miracle' herbal treatment for COVID-19Nicolas Maduro has been touting a herbal solution called Carvativir as a 'miracle' remedy against coronavirus. His claims are unsubstantiated.
< Tech Insider, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela, Facebook, COVID-19, Misinformation > - New York Times 12:00March 27, 2021A Collapse Foretold: How Brazil’s Covid-19 Outbreak Overwhelmed HospitalsThe virus has killed more than 300,000 people in Brazil, its spread aided by a highly contagious variant, political infighting and distrust of science.
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- Business Insider 01:42March 26, 2021Mark Zuckerberg claimed the reason Facebook keeps showing up in Capitol riot lawsuits is because it's really helpful to policeDuring a congressional hearing on social-media misinformation, Zuckerberg said Facebook didn't play a significant role in helping rioters organize.
< Tech Insider, Politics, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Congress, Congressional hearings, Big Tech, Misinformation, capitol riots > - Business Insider 00:59March 26, 2021Mark Zuckerberg said content moderation requires 'nuances' that consider the intent behind a post, but also highlighted Facebook's reliance on AI to do that job"We need to be clear about when someone is saying something because they're using it in a hateful way versus...denouncing it," Zuckerberg said.
< Tech Insider, Politics, News, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Misinformation, Social Media > - Business Insider 23:04March 25, 2021Mark Zuckerberg said policing bullying is hard when the content is 'not clearly illegal' - in 44 states, cyberbullying can bring criminal sanctionsZuckerberg said it's "often the case that bullying content is not clearly illegal" when asked what Facebook is doing to stop bullying on its platform.
< Tech Insider, News, Facebook, Cyberbullying, Twitter, Google, hearing, Social Media, Misinformation > - Business Insider 21:13March 25, 2021'You're not bystanders': Rep. Pallone spars with Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai as the CEOs evade questions about how Facebook and Google profit off misinformation"What happens online doesn't stay online - it has real-world consequences," Rep. Frank Pallone said during Thursday's misinformation hearing.
< Tech Insider, Politics, News, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Misinformation, Social Media > - Business Insider 20:07March 25, 2021A GOP congresswoman said Facebook, Google, and Twitter's platforms 'are my biggest fear as a parent'Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers made the comment during a misinformation hearing in which the CEOs of Google, Facebook, and Twitter are testifying.
< Tech Insider, Politics, News, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Misinformation, Social Media > - Observer 19:34March 25, 2021Congress Grills Zuckerberg and Big Tech CEOs for Spreading COVID MisinformationThe three CEOs are set to testify before Congress Thursday afternoon.
< Big Tech, Congress, Covid-19, Facebook, Google, Misinformation, Twitter, Vaccine, YouTube > - New York Times 10:13March 25, 2021This Island Nation Had Zero Covid Cases as of June. Now It’s Overwhelmed.The crisis in Papua New Guinea is a reminder that the virus will keep wreaking havoc until the whole world is vaccinated.
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- Business Insider 21:11March 24, 2021Since January, there's been a 300% spike in dark net ads for COVID vaccines, fake vaccine cards, and fake test resultsCheck Point Research found ads for products ranging from $25 negative coronavirus tests to $1,000 vaccine doses.
< Healthcare, News, coronavirus, fake COVID-19 vaccines, Darknet, covid vaccine, Misinformation > - Mashable 20:09March 24, 2021Prince Harry joins the U.S. work force to...fight misinformation?Finally, Prince Harry, the millionaire Duke of Sussex, is getting to work.
The self-exiled prince is joining the Aspen Institute's Commission on Information Disorder as a commissioner, the Institute announced on Monday. He's joining 14 other commissioners and three co-chairs — journalist Katie Couric, Color of Change president Rashad Robinson, and former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Chris Krebs. The group will help conduct a six-month study on the state of misinformation and disinformation in the U.S., according to CNN.
"Powered by algorithms and shared ideologies, people often get affirmation instead of information, where facts are manipulated if not completely ignored," Couric said in a statement about the new commission. "This 'truth decay' is a tremendous threat, not only to a well informed electorate, but to democracy itself." Read more...More about Mental Health, Prince Harry, Misinformation, Culture, and Celebrities
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- Mashable 20:09March 24, 2021Prince Harry joins the U.S. work force to...fight misinformation?Finally, Prince Harry, the millionaire Duke of Sussex, is getting to work.
The self-exiled prince is joining the Aspen Institute's Commission on Information Disorder as a commissioner, the Institute announced on Monday. He's joining 14 other commissioners and three co-chairs — journalist Katie Couric, Color of Change president Rashad Robinson, and former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Chris Krebs. The group will help conduct a six-month study on the state of misinformation and disinformation in the U.S., according to CNN.
"Powered by algorithms and shared ideologies, people often get affirmation instead of information, where facts are manipulated if not completely ignored," Couric said in a statement about the new commission. "This 'truth decay' is a tremendous threat, not only to a well informed electorate, but to democracy itself." Read more...More about Mental Health, Prince Harry, Misinformation, Culture, and Celebrities
< Mental Health, Prince Harry, Misinformation, Culture, Celebrities > - Business Insider 18:47March 24, 2021Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai said they're open to Section 230 reform, but some of their proposed changes look a lot like the protections tech firms already haveMark Zuckerberg said firms should have to prove systems are in place to catch harmful content, but shouldn't be liable if it slips through the cracks.
< Tech Insider, Politics, News, Facebook, Twitter, Google, hearing, Misinformation, Policy > - Observer 18:01March 24, 2021Why Prince Harry’s New Job Roles Are Such a Good FitThe Duke of Sussex is joining the Aspen Institute's new Commission on Information Disorder.
< Aspen Institute, British Royal Family, british royal family news, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Duke of Sussex, Misinformation, Royal family news, royal jobs, Royal news, royal roles, royals, the aspen institute > - Business Insider 16:36March 24, 2021US officials say migrants are being told to come to the border. Here's what they're hearing from smugglers and from RussiaUS officials say the increase in migrants arriving at the border is a response to rumors and "disinformation" spread by smugglers and bigger foes.
< Military & Defense, Politics, International, US-Mexico border, Central American migrants, Immigration, Disinformation, Misinformation, human smuggling, Migration, News Contributor, Mildef freelance > - Huffington Post UK 19:42March 22, 2021‘Tackling myths and misinformation’: Dr Kevin Fenton from Public Health England On The Covid-19 Response
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- Business Insider 17:49March 22, 2021GOP Sen. Ron Johnson falsely claimed Greenland only recently froze and now admits he has 'no idea' about its history
< Politics, News, Ron Johnson, Climate Change, Republican, Senate, Greenland, Misinformation > - Business Insider 18:15March 20, 2021As Clubhouse's popularity skyrockets, some observers are raising questions about the spread of misinformationAs Clubhouse downloads doubled last month, tech experts started to voice concerns about how the audio app will be able to moderate content.
< Tech Insider, Weekend BI UK, Clubhouse, Misinformation, Facebook, Twitter, Vaccines, Social Media > - Business Insider 12:34March 20, 2021An Australian celebrity lifestyle influencer is hosting some of the world's most notorious conspiracy theorists on his podcastPodcasts like Australian celebrity Pete Evans' are an increasingly important part of the misinformation and conspiracy theory media ecosystem.
< News, Pete Evans, podcasts, medical misinformation, News UK, Andreas Kalcker, Australia, UK Weekend > - Mashable 00:18March 18, 2021Facebook will stop recommending Groups that break its rulesFacebook is making it harder to find Groups that break its rules.
On Wednesday, Facebook said it will drop Groups that violate its policies on hate speech, harassment, bullying, inciting violence, and more from its recommendation engine. That would make it harder for them to attract new members.
Facebook is already working on removing “potentially harmful groups,” such as ones that spread health misinformation, from its recommendations altogether. Now, Groups that break Facebook’s rules will: Be less discoverable by users who would normally see them in their recommendations.
Have their group invite notifications limited.
Be less visible in Group members’ News Feeds.
Need to have admins and moderators approve all posts, at least temporarily. Read more...
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- Mashable 00:18March 18, 2021Facebook will stop recommending Groups that break its rulesFacebook is making it harder to find Groups that break its rules.
On Wednesday, Facebook said it will drop Groups that violate its policies on hate speech, harassment, bullying, inciting violence, and more from its recommendation engine. That would make it harder for them to attract new members.
Facebook is already working on removing “potentially harmful groups,” such as ones that spread health misinformation, from its recommendations altogether. Now, Groups that break Facebook’s rules will: Be less discoverable by users who would normally see them in their recommendations.
Have their group invite notifications limited.
Be less visible in Group members’ News Feeds.
Need to have admins and moderators approve all posts, at least temporarily. Read more...
More about Facebook, Facebook Groups, Misinformation, Tech, and Big Tech Companies
< Facebook, Facebook Groups, Misinformation, Tech, Big Tech Companies > - New York Times 17:03March 16, 2021AstraZeneca Vaccine Suspensions Weaken Europe’s Already Faltering RolloutThe shot is the keystone of inoculation campaigns in dozens of countries around the world.
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- Business Insider 16:34March 15, 2021Facebook found that a vast amount of its anti-vaxx content comes from a hard core of only 111 accountsFacebook in a report claimed to have identified the most influential anti-vaxx accounts, but it's unclear what it will do about it.
< News, anti-vaccine misinformation, Anti-Vaxx, Facebook, QAnon, News UK > - Business Insider 13:23March 12, 2021Officials in Argentina raided labs producing toxic bleach as a COVID-19 treatment after a misinformation campaign fueled its popularityAdvocates of a toxic bleach "miracle cure" have used the coronavirus pandemic to popularize the substance in South America.
< News, Science, M&Ms, Argentina, Andreas Kalcker, coronavirus pandemic, medical misinformation, News UK > - Mashable 21:39March 7, 2021Far-right misinfo is big on Facebook, but it's Facebook that blocks attempts to fix itIt's not exactly breaking news that far-right misinformation — better known to most as "lies" — tends to do well on Facebook. But it's telling that the biggest takeaway from a new study that attempts to understand the phenomenon is that Facebook itself is our chief obstacle to understanding more.
New York University's Cybersecurity for Democracy team released a paper on Wednesday bearing the title "Far-right sources on Facebook [are] more engaging." The data isn't terribly surprising if you've been paying any attention to the news of the past half-decade (and longer) and the role social media has played. Read more...More about Facebook, Misinformation, Tech, and Social Media Companies
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- Mashable 21:39March 7, 2021Far-right misinfo is big on Facebook, but it's Facebook that blocks attempts to fix itIt's not exactly breaking news that far-right misinformation — better known to most as "lies" — tends to do well on Facebook. But it's telling that the biggest takeaway from a new study that attempts to understand the phenomenon is that Facebook itself is our chief obstacle to understanding more.
New York University's Cybersecurity for Democracy team released a paper on Wednesday bearing the title "Far-right sources on Facebook [are] more engaging." The data isn't terribly surprising if you've been paying any attention to the news of the past half-decade (and longer) and the role social media has played. Read more...More about Facebook, Misinformation, Tech, and Social Media Companies
< Facebook, Misinformation, Tech, Social Media Companies > - Business Insider 04:34March 6, 2021Twitter's Birdwatch feature hopes to combat misinformation. Here's how it works and how to sign up for itTwitter's Birdwatch feature lets users flag tweets they believe are misleading or need additional context.
< Tech Insider, Tech Reference, Software & Apps (Reference), Tech How To, Twitter, Twitter Birdwatch, Social Media, Misinformation, Fact-checking, BI-freelancer > - Business Insider 16:44March 5, 2021Trump's inauguration on March 4 was another QAnon fantasy that flopped. A new date is now being peddled to perpetuate the mind games.QAnon followers were expecting 'The Storm' on March 4. Unphased by the failure of another delusion, many are seeking redemption on a new day.
< Analysis, Politics, News, UK Weekend, News UK, Digital Culture, QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, Misinformation, Far-Right, extremism, March 4 > - Business Insider 16:58March 4, 2021Rudy Giuliani, who helped lead Trump's bogus election-fraud conspiracy theory, is being mocked after warning of the dangers of misinformationAfter spending months pushing Trump's election fraud conspiracy theory, Giuliani unexpectedly warned of the dangers of misinformation.
< Politics, Rudy Giuliani, Misinformation, News UK > - Business Insider 13:33March 2, 2021Rudy Giuliani's YouTube account just got hit with a 2-week suspension. One more strike, and his channel could get booted for good.YouTube said it suspended Trump's former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, for breaking its rules on election integrity and for promoting nicotine.
< Tech Insider, Rudy Giuliani, YouTube, Ban, Donald Trump, Misinformation > - Mashable 09:34March 2, 2021Twitter will now ban users for spreading coronavirus vaccine misinformationTwitter has introduced a new strikes system intended to combat coronavirus vaccine misinformation. Under the new policy announced in a blog post on Monday, users who repeatedly spread harmful or misleading information on the COVID-19 vaccines may soon find themselves permanently suspended.
Of course, said users will get a few warning shots before they're booted off Twitter entirely. Accounts that violate Twitter's COVID-19 policy will first be notified when action is taken against their account, giving them time to reconsider and change their misinformed ways.
"Through the use of the strike system, we hope to educate people on why certain content breaks our rules so they have the opportunity to further consider their behavior and their impact on the public conversation," wrote Twitter. Read more...More about Twitter, Misinformation, Tech, and Big Tech Companies
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- Mashable 14:00March 1, 2021The AI-powered fact checker that investigates QAnon influencers shares its secret weaponWhen it comes to QAnon, there's one major player behind a majority of the investigations into who's responsible for some of the movement's far-right conspiracy theories. The fact-checking technology firm Logically has uncovered the failed screenwriter turned major QAnon promoter, the Citigroup executive secretly running a major QAnon hub, and the QAnon platforms connected to 8kun owner Jim Watkins — among others.
Founded in 2017 by CEO Lyric Jain, the company combines its AI tech with human fact-checking experts in order to uncover, track, archive, and debunk conspiracy theories ranging from QAnon to misinformation about COVID-19. The company already has a few public-facing products, such as mobile apps and web browser extensions to help users navigate online misinformation they may come across throughout their everyday internet use. Read more...More about Misinformation, Qanon, Tech, Artificial Intelligence, and Web Culture
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- Business Insider 18:37February 28, 2021The global 'infodemic' will be Biden's biggest challengeGeorge Bush's Chief Information Officer offers some advice to Biden about countering the biggest national threat to democracy: misinformation.
< Opinion, Politics, Opinion, BI Commentary, President Biden, Misinformation, Disinformation, Politics, Social Media, COVID-19, Vaccine > - Business Insider 21:04February 25, 2021Experts say Dominion and Smartmatic could win their defamation lawsuits, but MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says they have 'zero' shotTrump-backers Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell, and Mike Lindell face defamation lawsuits from Dominion and Smartmatic that may succeed, experts say.
< Politics, Retail, News, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell, MyPillow, Dominion Voting Systems, Smartmatic, CNBC, Election 2020, Trump, Biden, lawsuit, Misinformation > - Breitbart News 00:45February 25, 2021Rodgers Slams Dems Pressuring Companies to Censor Conservative Outlets: Like 'Chinese Communist Party'McMorris Rodgers on Wednesday at a hearing slammed Democrats for wanting to censor conservative media outlets.
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- Business Insider 20:23February 24, 2021TikTok removed 400,000 videos in the 2nd half of 2020 to combat election and COVID-19 misinformationIn total from July 1 to December 31 last year, the company said it removed more than 89.1 million videos, with 11.7 million removed in the US.
< Tech Insider, News, TikTok, Misinformation, Disinformation, Social Media > - Business Insider 19:37February 22, 2021Senior Republican leader Steve Scalise refuses to admit the 2020 election wasn't 'stolen' from TrumpScalise conceded to ABC News that Biden is the "legitimate" president, but claimed that some states violated the law in their election administration.
< Politics, News, Steve Scalise, President Donald Trump, 2020 election, Misinformation > - Business Insider 14:25February 22, 2021Mark Zuckerberg personally intervened to soften Alex Jones' Facebook ban, a report claimsFacebook's employees wanted the ban to extend to posts supporting or praising Alex Jones, but Zuckerberg vetoed that part of it.
< Tech Insider, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Jones, Misinformation, Joel Kaplan > - Business Insider 19:52February 20, 2021Baseless claims by an anti-lockdown activist that nobody under 19 had died of the coronavirus have been blocked by YouTubeThe video featured Thomas Renz, an attorney for Ohio Stands Up, setting out a 35 minute legislative testimony.
< Tech Insider, News, News UK, UK Weekend, Misinformation, COVID-19, Ohio > - Business Insider 13:48February 19, 2021Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Sundar Pichai will testify before Congress at a hearing on digital misinformation"Industry self-regulation has failed," The House Energy and Commerce Committee chairs said in a statement.
< Tech Insider, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Sundar Pichai, Google, Jack Dorsey, Twitter, Congress, Misinformation > - Business Insider 14:00February 14, 2021Facebook has launched a new crackdown on vaccine misinformation. Experts say it doesn't go far enough.Facebook update its vaccine misinformation policies, but the Center for Countering Digital Hate said its response is still inadequate.
< Tech Insider, Samantha Lee, Vaccines, Misinformation, Facebook, Instagram, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Anti-Vaxx, Weekend BI UK > - New York Times 11:00February 13, 2021Australia’s ‘Rebel Reverend’ Goes Viral With Barbed Liberal MessagesThe Rev. Rod Bower became a national sensation with pugnacious political signs shared by millions over social media. Now he’s questioning the internet dynamics that made him famous.
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- Business Insider 18:30February 12, 2021Nikki Haley says Trump 'genuinely' believes the election was rigged and compares his refusal to accept reality to being colorblindHaley blamed Trump's advisers for not telling him the truth about the election, but she declined to challenge Trump's lies when she spoke with him.
< Politics, News, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, 2020 election, Lie, Misinformation, 2024 election > - Business Insider 14:47February 11, 2021Instagram banned Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the world's most famous anti-vaxxers, for breaking its policiesKennedy, the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, has long promoted already-debunked research linking vaccines to conditions such as autism.
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