A group of more than 80 prominent fact-checking organizations around the world is pressing YouTube to take action against COVID misinformation, which still prevails on the platform now two years into the pandemic. “As an international network of fact-checking organizations, we monitor how lies spread online — and every day, we see that YouTube is […]
TikTok rumor warning of threat to schools prompts closures and extra safety measures
A proliferation of ominous, non-specific rumors on TikTok and other social platforms suggested that schools across the U.S. faced threats of violence on Friday, December 17. While a number of schools responded to the trend by closing their doors, many local law enforcement agencies and at least one federal one have weighed in, disclosing that […]
Doctors are fighting back against fringe doctors pushing COVID misinformation
Misinformation from doctors is “unethical, unprofessional and dangerous.”
Rodgers is wrong—NFL says league docs never talked to him about vaccine
Health org dropped Rodgers and State Farm cut ads after widely panned anti-vaccine rant.
What I learned building a fact-checking startup
Our thesis was clear: If technology could drive people to seek truth, facts, statistics and data to make their decisions, we could build an online discourse of reason and rationality.
Anti-vaccine school in Florida tells kids to stay home if they get a COVID shot
The school, which also barred vaccinated teachers, pushes vaccine falsehoods.
“Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself
He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right.
There will soon be no more ads denying climate change on Google
Search giant nixes ads contradicting scientific consensus on climate change.
“If we make more angry content, we get more engagement.”
Whistleblower Frances Haugen will give congressional testimony later this week about internal Facebook research and communications she gave to the SEC, in the form of tens of thousands of pages that document the company’s deliberate and deceitful ampli…
YouTube will now ban content with vaccine misinformation
YouTube expanded its medical misinformation policies today to include new guidelines that ban vaccine misinformation. The Google-owned video platform had previously banned over 1 million videos spreading dangerous COVID-19 misinformation. Now, YouTube says it will also remove content that spreads misinformation about vaccine safety, the efficacy of vaccines and ingredients in vaccines. The platform previously […]