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COVID-19 Misinformation

December 28, 2020 by Dave
COVID-19

There is a great deal of COVID-19 misinformation in circulation. To work out what is accurate and true, stick with the scientific experts.

Categories Health, Medicine, science, society Tags COVID-19, fake claims, fake news, misinformation Leave a comment

What is happening with Parler?

January 17, 2021December 4, 2020 by Dave
parler

What is the Parler social media platform all about? The answer is that it is basically the social media urinal. Fear and misformation abound.

Categories Fake News, society Tags fake news, parler 1 Comment

Facebook handling of Misinformation deliberately inept

December 7, 2020September 7, 2020 by Dave
facebook

Facebook and other social Media platforms have proven they do not care and listen only to advertisers and the threat of regulation. #TimeToAct

Categories consumer, Fake News, society Tags CCDH, Facebook, fake news, report Leave a comment

What is with all the beach shaming?

August 12, 2020 by Dave
beach shaming

The latest bit of COVID-19 misinformation appears to be the media indulging in what is best described as beach shaming. It’s not high risk.

Categories Fake News, Medicine, society Tags beach shaming, COVID-19, fake news, misinformation Leave a comment

Why do people share COVID-19 Misinformation?

July 3, 2020 by Dave
COVID-19 fake news

Is there anything we can do to prevent people from sharing misinformation about COVID-19? New study reveals that there is indeed a solution.

Categories consumer, Critical Thinking, Fake News, media, Medicine, psychology, science, Skepticism, society, study Tags COVID-19, fake news Leave a comment

Fake News – Insights from Polls

May 13, 2020 by Dave

Several new polls grant us insights into the current public thinking regarding sources of fake news. The deep-rooted partisan gulf remains.

Categories Fake News, media, poll, society Tags fake news, media Leave a comment
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