Warnings about COVID-19 misinformation are being ignored, new study suggests
Warnings about the dangers of fake information about COVID-19 could be falling on deaf ears, according to new research.
Aug 13, 2020
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Warnings about the dangers of fake information about COVID-19 could be falling on deaf ears, according to new research.
Aug 13, 2020
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The bad news, not that anyone needs more of it: The dangers of COVID-19 could worsen if misinformation on social media continues to spread unchecked. Essentially, what people choose to share on social media about the pandemic ...
Jul 2, 2020
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Everyone is responsible for slowing the spread of the disease. Every action counts. This is also the case in the fight against misinformation, which intrudes on the overabundance of news, mixing facts, rumours and fake news. ...
May 22, 2020
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More than 5,000 people took part over the weekend in a virtual "hackathon" in Switzerland to generate fresh ideas for how to deal with and combat COVID-19, organisers said Monday.
Apr 6, 2020
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Recently Facebook, Reddit, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube committed to removing coronavirus-related misinformation from their platforms.
Apr 1, 2020
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Voters may form false memories after seeing fabricated news stories, especially if those stories align with their political beliefs, according to research in Psychological Science.
Aug 21, 2019
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Fake medicines—illegal and substandard pharmaceuticals—have until now largely been a problem in low and middle-income countries. Ranging from lifestyle products to lifesaving medicines, such products are now also on the ...
Jun 25, 2019
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When it comes to marketing electronic cigarettes to young people, fake news appears to stick.
Mar 6, 2019
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In 2017, Kim Nelson had just moved her family back to her hometown in South Carolina. Boxes were still scattered around the apartment, and while her two young daughters played, Nelson scrolled through a newspaper article ...
Feb 27, 2019
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Shortlisted for the Oxford English Dictionary's 2018 word of the year, "gaslighting" has well and truly found its way into contemporary thought and vernacular.
Dec 6, 2018
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