#MISINFORMATION

Governor Gretchen Whitmer

GovWhitmer

We received reports that an unknown party is purposefully spreading misinformation via robocalls in Flint in an attempt to confuse voters.Let me be clear — if you plan to vote

Judd Legum

JuddLegum

1. The good news is there appears to be at least two highly effective vaccinesThe bad news is that they only work if you taken them and 40%+ of Americans

NSWP

GlobalSexWork

Today marks the 17th annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.https://www.nswp.org/event/international-day-end-violence-against-sex-workers Sex workers around the world are vulnerable to violence because of the criminali

Ottawa Public Health

OttawaHealth

Well, this seems like a great opportunity to chat about misinformation.As the amazing people at @ScienceUpFirst will tell you, it's important to ask questions of the things you see online.

Ben Collins

oneunderscore__

So @BrandyZadrozny and I got a peek under the hood of Twitter's new crowdsourced fact-checking forum. Some quick takeaways:1 - They're trying to recapture the magic of Wikipedia, where a

Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC

MattNegrin

It’s not unreasonable to assume all statements coming from congressional Republicans who attempted the coup (Hawley, Cruz, McCarthy, the other 220) are obviously more misinformation and should be covered the

The Thinkin Project

projectthinkin

“Objective truth is less important than familiarity: we tend to believe falsehoods when they are repeated sufficiently often.” #misinformation stays unless we properly interrupt it. #TTP #Knowledge Citation: Ecker, U.K.H.,

XOTurner

XO83766320

I’m so angry right now so I’m gonna rant . Boys and girls with congenital conditions of sexual development are going to reap the consequences of the misinformation thats out

Aoife Gallagher

aoifegall

9 more weeks of lockdown is going to send people into a spiral of despair (that’s if you’re not already spiraling). It’s also inevitably going to push more people into

TheJournal.ie

thejournal_ie

1/ There is a huge amount of misinformation being shared in Ireland right now about vaccines and Covid. Here are some tips about how to talk to a friend or

Joan Donovan, PhD 🦫

BostonJoan

This piece does not recognize how difficult it has been to even get the public to recognize misinformation when they see it. Further, we always put identity and culture at

Twitter Support

TwitterSupport

Today we’re introducing @Birdwatch, a community-driven approach to addressing misleading information. And we want your help. (1/3) We’re looking for people to test this out in the US –– you

Betty ☭🚩🏴🇮🇷

bruleebitch

I truly think Starmers threat to criminalise antivaxxers who are spreading misinformation about covid will be detrimental and add fuel to their fires. criminalising conspiracy theories only makes the followers

evelyn douek

evelyndouek

This decision is outside the @OversightBoard's power to review, as both a "leave-up" (not take-down) and a decision about a profile, not an individual piece of content. Unless Facebook refers

MediaWise

mediawise

Wanna see what misinformation is spreading today? Here’s a thread of live blogs to turn to.@BuzzFeedNews reporters @JaneLytv and @CraigSilverman are running a live blog featuring false and misleading information.https://www.buzzfeednews.c

Australian Academy of Science

Science_Academy

Australians should get vaccinated.We can be confident that vaccines approved for use by the @TGAgovAU will be safe and effective at reducing the risk of developing severe COVID-19.https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-re

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