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Handling Social media Trolls – BBC Guidance

May 5, 2021 by Dave
Marianna Spring writes on the topic of social media abuse

Why do people hurl abuse on social media and what can be done about it? BBC disinformation reporter has some insights and thoughts on it.

Categories Fake News, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society, twitter Tags abuse, Marianna Spring, social media, trolls Leave a comment

Alison Pearson

January 5, 2021 by Dave
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Some jaw dropping bahaviour from Telegraph Columinst Alison Pearson. She manages yet another crash and burn on social media. – #IstandwithDave

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The Frankie Boyle “Twit on Twitter” Award

December 3, 2021November 4, 2020 by Dave
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The 2020 “Twit on Twitter” award goes to Shell Oil for asking others what they are going to do about emissions to help the #Climate

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Fake News Update: Twitter Bans 7,000 QAnon accounts

July 23, 2020 by Dave
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Twitter has taken the bold step of removing thousands of QAnon accounts. What is the backstory here, why have they done this?

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Bots: 25% of Climate tweets are fake

June 15, 2021February 25, 2020 by Dave
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The Guardian reports that as many as 25% of climate related tweets are bots. How can you tell if a twitter account is human or a bot?

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Anti-vaxxer group ridiculed by vast numbers

July 6, 2020December 7, 2019 by Dave
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Anti-vaxxer group asks for term “anti-vaxxer” to be dropped. Thousands quite rightly ridicule them because 140,000 died last year from measles

Categories science, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society, twitter Tags anti-vaxxer, crazymothers, tweet, vaccines Leave a comment
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