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Articles tagged vaccines (13)

Joshua BentonNovember 6, 2023

How big a threat does misinformation pose to democracy?

“At the time of this writing, it is difficult to avoid the realization that one side of politics — mainly in the U.S. but also elsewhere — appears more threatened by research into misinformation than by the risks to democracy arising from misinformation itself.”

Matt Motta and Dominik SteculaAugust 26, 2021

How a once-obscure government database turned into a weapon for anti-vaxxers

From December 2020 to mid-August 2021, right-wing media outlets published more than seven times as many stories mentioning VAERS as mainstream news outlets.

First Draft StaffJune 10, 2021

“Experiments,” “shedding,” and variants: Here’s where Covid-19 misinformation went in May

Fact-checks struggle to compete with disinformation on major social media networks.

First Draft StaffMay 4, 2021

Passports, pauses, and Pfizer: Here’s where Covid-19 misinformation went in April

In April, various right-wing media outlets created an online frenzy that attacked and firmly politicized “vaccine passports” — positioning the idea as a new political flashpoint in the pandemic culture war.

Sarah ScireJanuary 12, 2021

Google is giving $3 million to news orgs to fact-check vaccine misinformation

Projects that demonstrate “clear ways to measure success” and aim to reach groups “disproportionately affected by misinformation” will be prioritized.

Laura Hazard OwenDecember 4, 2020

Facebook will spend less time policing “Men are trash” content, more time taking down “Worst of the Worst”

Plus: Cut the CRAAP, and Facebook’s Oversight Board announces the first cases it will take on.

Jillian KramerSeptember 25, 2020

“‘Warp speed’ was an unfortunate term”: With Covid-19, vaccine messaging faces an unprecedented test

A Covid-19 vaccine is coming. Will public health messaging be enough to convince Americans to get it?

Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 4, 2020

Facebook has been terrible about removing vaccine misinformation. Will it do better with election misinformation?

“Even when companies are handed misinformation on a silver platter, they fail to act.”

Tommy ShaneAugust 10, 2020

People are using Facebook and Instagram as search engines. During a pandemic, that’s dangerous.

Data voids on social networks are spreading misinformation and causing real world harm. Here are some ideas on how to fix the problem.

Laura Hazard OwenJune 18, 2020

Americans don’t think misleading political ads should be on social media. (They also don’t trust platforms to remove them.)

Plus: A new public health program is looking for a “silent majority” to debunk vaccine misinformation on social media.

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