John Oliver dedicated last night Last week tonight to address the misinformation of COVID-19 and the “nice” ways in which one can encourage the conspirators among us to better investigate the news sources they scroll through on Facebook. He was joined by a host of celebrities, including Catherine O’Hara, Billy …
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Covid party insanity continues to sweep the nation, or at least the nation’s news organizations. The latest example comes from Texas, where a 30-year-old man is said to have confessed on his deathbed that he had attended one. “Just before the patient died,” announced Jane Appleby, medical director of Methodist …
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Covid party insanity continues to sweep the nation, or at least the nation’s news organizations. The latest example comes from Texas, where a 30-year-old man is said to have confessed on his deathbed that he had attended one. “Just before the patient died,” announced Jane Appleby, medical director of Methodist …
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Starting today, Facebook will update the way news is ranked in its News Feed to prioritize original reports, executives explain to Axios. It will also degrade stories that are not transparent about who wrote them. Because it is important: The tech giant has long been criticized for not doing enough …
Read More »To control false claims about covid-19, Twitter placed misinformation tags on tweets with the words “5G” and “oxygen” this week.Photo: Pike alastair (AFP via Getty Images) It’s not always easy to do the right thing in technology, and it can lead to some embarrassing (and fun) mistakes. Just ask Twitter. …
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