Tag: misinformation
Covid-19: the antivax movement driven by misinformation
HASs misinformation about Covid-19 continues to flourish, more parents in the United States are questioning whether other vaccines are really necessary for their children and more and more adults prefer…
To Our Readers: Investigating Misinformation
QWhen an industrial accident occurs, the first thing to do is to analyze the causes and determine the circumstances of the disaster. The publication on June 22 on the website…
Police failure in rampage: False information makes Texas governor “angry”
Police failure in rampage Misinformation makes Texas governor ‘angry’ 05/28/2022, 00:30 am After the school massacre that killed 21 people in Texas, the state governor first praised the police, without…
Twitter launches new tool against misinformation about the war in Ukraine
Louise Bernard with AFP 10:02 a.m., May 20, 2022 Twitter will implement warning messages on misinformation tweets. To be able to read them, you will have to click on them…
DuckDuckGo changes its algorithm to fight misinformation… and irritates its users
Remi Bouvet April 06, 2022 at 5:41 p.m. 20 © DuckDuckGo Gabriel Weinberg, creator of the search enginereminded users that the credo of DuckDuckGo was the confidentiality and relevance of…
War in Ukraine: TikTok is a hit but participates in misinformation
War between Ukraine and Russiacase According to a NewsGuard investigation, the Chinese virus application lacks vigilance and contributes to conveying false information about the conflict in Ukraine. If there is…
DuckDuckGo downgrades Russian misinformation in its search engine
Nathan Le Gohlisse Hardware Specialist March 14, 2022 at 3:35 p.m. 21 © DuckDuckGo Like Microsoft with its search engine Bing DuckDuckGo is taking steps to downgrade Russian propaganda sites…
Facebook is developing new tools to fight misinformation
Héloïse Goy, with Alexis Patri 10:22 a.m., March 10, 2022 Faced with strong pressure from activists and regulators, the social network Facebook is accelerating in the development of new tools…
How YouTube wants to fight misinformation on its platform
Fake news, disinformation and conspiracy are real scourges on the internet. However, this type of content is mainly spread via social networks and sharing platforms. YouTube has decided to fight…
Ukraine conflict – partial withdrawal of troops: US accuses Russia of misinformation – News
The US government classifies the partial withdrawal of Russian troops announced by Moscow to ease the Ukraine conflict as false information. Instead, Washington is assuming a further expansion of the…
Misinformation around Covid-19: Joni Mitchell in solidarity with Neil Young withdraws from Spotify
Like his colleague, the Canadian folk music legend is leaving the streaming platform due to “liesrelated to Covid-19 leaked via podcasts. Country singer Joni Mitchell announced on Friday that she…
Targeted by a controversy for misinformation, the Spotify platform announces measures
Heloise Goy with Gauthier Delomez 09:50, February 01, 2022 The Spotify platform is accused by several artists, including the American singer Neil Young, of letting false information circulate on its…