Election-related falsehoods have subsided, but misleading claims about the coronavirus vaccines are surging — often spread by the same people. Sidney Powell, a lawyer who was part of President Trump’s legal team, spread a conspiracy theory last month about election fraud. For days, she claimed that she would “release the …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now (Reuters) — Twitter said on Thursday it would label or remove misinformation aiming to undermine confidence in the U.S. election, including posts claiming victory before results have been certified or inciting unlawful conduct to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. …
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Following an investigation that revealed gaps in Facebook’s efforts to fight coronavirus misinformation, the social networking company announced it would retroactively send alerts to any users who had interacted with content subsequently labeled misleading. A new report from global nonprofit Avaaz examined 100 Facebook posts about COVID-19 that had been …
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