TELEMMGLPICT000228734180.jpeg Social media giants allowed misinformation about coronavirus to spread “virulently” across their platforms because duty of care laws are still not in place to regulate them, MPs say today. The Commons culture committee cited evidence of a range of harms from dangerous hoax treatments and anti-vaccination propaganda to conspiracy […]
Misinformation
“Over the past several months, we have seen a troubling rise of false or misleading information related to COVID-19 disseminated by domestic and foreign actors on platforms such as yours. This disinformation has ranged from false statements about certain groups being immune from contracting the virus to unsubstantiated assertions about […]
Almost a third of Britons definitely will not or are unsure about whether they will take up a COVID-19 vaccine. (PA) Almost a third of Britons say they may not take up a vaccine for coronavirus as researchers warned about the amount of anti-vaccine content circulating online, according to a […]
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While the United States spends billions in an all-out effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine, there’s concern that when there finally is one, not enough people will take it to protect the population as a whole. Even with a vaccine months and perhaps years away, misinformation and conspiracy theories about vaccines […]