#MisInformation

Judd Legum

JuddLegum

1. Let's talk about Facebook's earnings call yesterday and how it relates to the company's inability or unwillingness to effective combat political misinformation on the platform. Because it really explains

Kaiser Health News

KHNews

Exciting news to kick off #InternationalFactCheckingDay: KHN and @PolitiFact are expanding the partnership to focus on more debunking of #covid19 misinformation!https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-news-initiative/covid-19-65-million-h

John Whitehouse

existentialfish

Sorry -- I was confused and mentioned the wrong video.It's still bullshit though. YouTube removed our video of Fox News personalities promoting hydoxychloroquine Here's the video that YouTube removed: Meanwhile

ViperTwoSix

vipertwosix

I retweeted someone who said they'd block anyone who tweeted pandemic misinformation. I did so because I agree. In fact, five minutes later, I blocked a "twitter friend" I'd had

Pratik Sinha

free_thinker

Thread: Ever since it has been revealed that the congregation at Nizamuddin markaz has led to a spurt of COVID +ve cases, the right-wing has used this opportunity to inject

Romela Azizyan

romela__azizyan

A professor at the @UUtah has been spreading misinformation about Armenians. He is claiming that the use of the genocide narrative is to "put to use by many who share

Dr. Melvin Sanicas 🩺🔬

Vaccinologist

Curious to know the top #ConspiracyTheory themes or #misinformation sub-topics in the #COVID19 #infodemic? Check this out & vaccinate yourself against false information. Excellent study by @Sarah_Evanega @mark_lynas Jordan Adams

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verysteamylamb

Apparently my all knowing English professor has stated it's not cool to address "Gays as Gays" or "Transgenders as Transgenders"This is the same lady who literally compared the word Latinx

EU DisinfoLab

DisinfoEU

THREAD: We've updated our COVID-19 Resource Hub with content on factchecking, investigative research, tools, and a section dedicated to the impact of the infodemic. http://www.disinfo.eu/coronavirus Here are some highlights from orgs

Graham Brookie

GrahamBrookie

This tactic is called "working the refs." It makes the entire information environment vulnerable when only one side works the refs, which is what this is. But the balance achieved

el gato malo

boriquagato

wow."twitter slowing retweets to slow spread of misinformation"you misspelled "twitter throttling dissent from their preferred orthodoxy to put a thumb on the scale of national discourse."let's see if this gets

kai⁷

yoongilip

this is a common belief here in NZ but: it's not true. I know this thread is about the US but people here say this about ppl on govt benefits

adina, telescope smasher

adinarising

i think one of the best things my folklore major did for me was to teach me the signatures of urban legends and the environments in which they flourish. it's

Yasha Levine

yashalevine

Trust your Surveillance Valley oligarch overlords to do the right thing. Trust your Surveillance Valley oligarch overlords to do the right thing. Trust your Surveillance Valley oligarch overlords to do

Nathan Allebach

nathanallebach

the state of conspiracy theories on tiktok cannot be understated. these kids believe ANYTHING and spread misinformation like wildfire gen z will make a conspiracy theory out of ANYTHING i

Petra Boynton

DrPetra

Psychologists, like medics, can do amazing work.Psychologists, like medics, can be a public health menace when they speak outside their area, spread misinformation, cause panic, and encourage conspiracy theories. There