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April 20, 2020
The World Health Organization has been a dangerous source of misinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic, and Facebook is nudging users to read their info.
Facebook said it is concerned that COVID-19 is not the only plague sweeping across the globe.…
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April 23, 2020
Twitter made a huge update to its COVID-19 guidance to address "Unverified claims that incite people to action,” including those that “could lead to widespread panic, social unrest, or large-scale disorder."
Twitter Safety…
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April 28, 2020
While YouTube is relying on the hapless WHO to fight misinformation, the platform is clamping down on reports of potential treatments that are being developed.
There has been some controversy about an ultraviolet light-based treatment for the COVID…
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April 29, 2020
YouTube’s fact-checking panels will now be launched in America after being tested in India.
YouTube’s chief product officer Neal Mohan, was quoted in The Verge’s April 28 coverage explaining that “When users are searching on…
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April 30, 2020
Even a global pandemic isn’t enough to make Americans want to surrender their privacy to Big Tech.
Apple and Google will lay the groundwork for an unprecedented “contact tracing” project in mid-May that will notify users…
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April 30, 2020
Twitter’s rules against “misinformation” don’t apply to everyone. The platform didn’t stop a full-blown anti-American propaganda video from being released by the Chinese government. And this isn’t the first time…
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May 1, 2020
Independent journalist and YouTuber Tim Pool appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast in late April, and scorched Big Tech for holding the media as reliable alternatives. “You know what the problem is? This idea of approved truth, what YouTube calls ‘…
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May 3, 2020
Conservative commentator Candace Owens was suspended from Twitter for encouraging Americans to defy stay-at-home rules.
Owens blasted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday for her stringent stay-at-home policies enforced on her state. The fiery…
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May 7, 2020
Facebook is partnering with Soros-funded Poynter’s “Mediawise” project and a progressive news outlet to teach youth how to process media.
“ATTN:, the progressive social media-based news outlet aimed at millennials, is…
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May 12, 2020
Twitter is now slapping labels and warnings on content to let users know what they are and aren’t allowed to post about the COVID-19 crisis.
“Starting today, we’re introducing new labels and warning messages that will provide…
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