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South Park's new episode builds a golden town for billionaires, then treats them like VerminUnlike most South Park episodes, the billionaires are not shown as recognizable public figures. Trey Parker and Matt Stone instead portray ...
Measles outbreaks, immunity gaps among children and adolescents concerning: WHOThe WHO South-East Asia Region has the highest childhood immunisation coverage globally, reaching 94 percent for DTP3 vaccine. Experts high...
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading at a terrifying speed — and experts say it hasn’t peakedThe Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is accelerating rapidly. Many infections remain undetected, making the true scale unknown. This outbrea...
Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak reaches a sixth provinceCongo's Ebola crisis has escalated to a sixth province following a recent fatality. This outbreak is now recorded as the fastest-spreading ...
Why Meta is paying for controversial content - and what that means for the posts you seeABC News Verify found Facebook had monetised Australian accounts described as having white nationalist, neo-Nazi or anti-vaccine links. Acc...
WHO says Congo's Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest one in historyThe Congo Ebola outbreak is projected to exceed the 2014-2016 West African epidemic. This outbreak is currently the fastest-growing in reco...
Meta-backed research finds exposure to 'untrustworthy' social media is rareA new study published today in Science Advances offers the most rigorous answers yet. It comes from a collaboration between Meta and academ...
Quote of the day by J. Robert Oppenheimer, 'The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish' reveals psychology behind unity in diversity, teaches timeless life advice about humanity must prevail over any conflict, pandemic, natural calamity, environmental challengeQuote of the day by J. Robert Oppenheimer continues to remind us that lasting progress depends not only on intelligence but also on our wil...
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...
Misinformation on social media contributes to vaccine hesitancy: Study"Where vaccine supporters often refer to news media and science sites when sharing knowledge about vaccines on Twitter, we can see that pro...
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...
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 ...
'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.
Facebook is 'killing people' with Covid-19 misinformation: BidenUS President Joe Biden has hit out at Facebook again, saying that such social media platforms are allowing Covid vaccine misinformation to ...
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...
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.
No vaccine yet for fake news epidemicFact checkers for Facebook and other social media platforms said the volume of fake news is rising following global Covid-19 vaccine trial ...
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...
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...