No proof YouTube promoted anti-vaccine content amid Covid-19: StudyThe study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, examined if YouTube's recommendation system acted as a "rabbit hole," lea...
17 Sep, 2023, 01.15 PM IST
Facebook failed to control Covid misinformation due to its design, reveals studyThe Covid-19 vaccine misinformation policies of Facebook, the world's largest social media platform, were not effective in combating misinf...
16 Sep, 2023, 02.01 PM IST
Vaccine-free dating is riddled with misinformationThe Covid-19 pandemic may have receded, but dating apps, websites and social media groups still offer to unite vaccine-hating singles who b...
31 Jul, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
Anti-vax group in Europe thrives online, thwarts tech effortResearchers at Reset, a U.K.-based nonprofit, identified more than 15,000 abusive or misinformation-laden Facebook posts from V_V - activit...
19 Aug, 2022, 11.31 AM IST
'Needle and the damage done': The Spotify-Neil Young controversy explainedSpotify which decided to take off Young’s catalogue from its platform, has since come under intense criticism for supporting Rogan, who hos...
29 Jan, 2022, 03.25 PM IST
COVID vaccines for teenagers: what UK parents need to know amid a new wave of misinformationUnfortunately, schools, parents and teenagers have also become the victims of anti-vaccination misinformation campaigns. For example, a fak...
03 Oct, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
YouTube blocks all anti-vaccine contentThe move comes as YouTube and other tech giants like Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have been criticized for not doing enough to stop the s...
29 Sep, 2021, 07.40 PM IST
Fake news around coronavirus vaccine on the wane, but still a concernWhile US President Joe Biden hit out at Facebook and other social media platforms last month, alleging they were killing people through mis...
06 Aug, 2021, 07.01 AM IST
Misinformation linked to Covid-19 vaccines still a concern in IndiaMisinformation linked to the pandemic has come down with the drop in cases., but posts and content linked to Covid-19 vaccines and vaccine ...
06 Aug, 2021, 06.01 AM IST
'Too little, too late': Social media has a Covid vaccine misinformation problem. Here's what experts suggestA serious threat in online settings is that fake news spreads faster than verified and validated news from credible sources.
02 Aug, 2021, 03.40 PM IST
Facebook, Twitter must do more to stop Covid-19 anti-vaxxers: US statesIn a letter to Facebook CEO and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the Democratic attorneys general said “anti-vaxxers” lacking medical expertise and...
26 Mar, 2021, 12.01 AM IST
Twitter will use 'strike system' to remove habitual violators spreading Covid vaccine fake newsTwo strikes will lead to an account being locked for 12 hours.
02 Mar, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
Twitter will remove all misinformation about coronavirus vaccineIt will remove false or baseless claims about immunisations, and debunked myths about the vaccine.
17 Dec, 2020, 03.50 PM IST
Biggest threat to COVID-19 vaccination could be fake news and misinformationNow with hopes hanging on Covid-19 vaccines, the WHO and experts are warning those same phenomena may jeopardise roll-out of immunisation p...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.45 AM IST
YouTube to fight Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theories, will add links to 'authoritative' infoMisinformation about the new coronavirus vaccines has proliferated on social media.
18 Nov, 2020, 06.44 PM IST
Scientists seek government help to stop misinformation about Covid vaccinesTermed as “anti-vaxxers,” these groupings are snagging an increasing number of followers across platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook...
31 Oct, 2020, 07.18 AM IST
YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformationThe video platform said it would now ban any content with claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health author...
14 Oct, 2020, 07.45 PM IST