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Israel’s ‘fake news war room’ set up to tackle vaccine disinformation...
14 Feb, 2021
As Israel’s record-setting inoculation drive slows down, it has set up a special unit to combat ‘fake news’ about coronavirus vaccines, but...
Old hatreds fuel online misinformation about COVID-19 in South Asia
By Kamya Yadav, Isra Thange,
Julia Ilhardt, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro
November 25, 2020
photo: Credit: ChocolateLr18. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Since COVID-19 spread to South Asia,...
Facebook bans misinformation about all vaccines after years of controversy
Company will remove posts with false claims and groups with repeated violations will be shut down
By Kari Paul in San Francisco
Mon 8 Feb 2021
Facebook...
Politics, race, and religion: Pandemic misinformation courses through the Southeast Asian...
By Jan Oledan, Nicola Bariletto,
Saiful Salihudin, Mehulika Sitepu, Jacob N. Shapiro,
January 25, 2021
From tales of allegedly dwindling food stockpiles in Singapore to...
New Nationwide ‘Internet Blackout’ Reportedly Hits Myanmar
by Zara Muradyan
Feb.6, 2021
The Myanmar Army had earlier ordered communications operators and internet service providers to block access to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and related...
WHO launches pilot of AI-powered public-access social listening tool
29 January 2021
What is the pilot and why is it important?
If you’ve been following WHO’s infodemic management updates and training courses at any point...
The 24 ways we’re tracked on a regular basis reveal something...
By Kevin Kelly, "The Inevitable"
Jun 28, 2016
photo: Courtesy 20th Century Fox/Dreamworks
The design of the internet of everything, and the nature...
The GameStop fiasco
The GameStop Bubble Is a Lesson in the Absurdity and Uselessness of the Stock Market
By Doug Henwood
Jan.27, 2021
Who knew GameStop would itself become...
Corona-free? How disinformation could be clouding the true pandemic picture in...
By Julia Ilhardt, Giorgio Musto, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro
September 21, 2020
Of the roughly 28.6 million cases of COVID-19 logged by the World Health...
‘This Is Not a Game’: Internet Defenders Warn Against Gutting of...
"Section 230 is one of the most important laws protecting freedom of expression and human rights in the digital age."
by Andrea Germanos
Jan/27, 2021
A coalition...