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Social media's viral power
How are social media giants like Facebook and Twitter handling misinformation? Have you seen any of these rumors shared by friends or family online?
People have died of COVID-19 at home
(
Politifact
9/18/20)
CDC director says healthy people should wear masks
(
Politifact
9/18/20)
YouTube video takes Bill Gates out of context on coronavirus vaccinations
(
Politifact
9/18/20)
CDC and FEMA aren’t separating students and parents in Ohio because of COVID-19
(
Politifact
9/10/20)
People are dying from COVID-19
(
Politifact
9/4/20)
No, the CDC is not on the verge of lifting 'epidemic' label for COVID-19
(
Politifact
7/13/20)
Yes, the CARES Act has a tax break that benefits 43,000 millionaires
(
Politifact
5/26/20)
Yes, children do get coronavirus. It just might not be as serious.
(
Politifact
5/22/20)
Big tech's big battle (LCT 4/17/20)
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Facebook’s
Covid-19 misinformation campaign is based on research. The authors worry
Facebook
missed the message
https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/01/facebooks-covid-19-misinformation-campaign-is-based-on-research-the-authors-worry-facebook-missed-the-message/
“Corona is so bad, this guy died twice!”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/15/viral-image/these-headlines-dont-prove-fake-news-about-covid-1/
Says there’s an 800 number you can call to track the status of your stimulus check.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/14/facebook-posts/no-there-isnt-phone-number-call-track-your-stimulu/
* Actual site to check your payment status:
https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments
“Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/blog-posting/no-bill-gates-didnt-say-no-church-services-until-e/
Says students have to repeat the same grade next year.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/31/facebook-posts/dont-fall-these-hoaxes-about-students-having-repea/
Martial law rumor is false (LCT 3/26/20)
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“Donald Trump would receive $17 million for three hotels closed for four days under Republican bill! How in the hell is this right?!”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/26/facebook-posts/trump-hotels-would-be-barred-getting-coronavirus-m/
“Bill Gates told us about the
coronavirus
in 2015.”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/25/facebook-posts/bill-gates-warned-2015-we-were-unprepared-infectio/
“MSNBC actually said on air ‘I hope enough people die from
coronavirus
that it harms Trump’s re-election.’”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/facebook-posts/no-msnbc-didnt-say-it-hopes-coronavirus-kills-enou/
Twitter Says Beijing's Coronavirus Lies Are Just Fine
https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-says-beijings-coronavirus-lies-are-just-fine?ref=topic
WhatsApp is a Petri Dish of Coronavirus Misinformation
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/03/whatsapp-coronavirus-misinformation/
Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/17/instagram-posts/celebrities-are-sharing-misleading-post-about-trum/
Google has been unusually proactive in fighting COVID-19 misinformation
https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/11/21173135/google-coronavirus-misinformation-youtube-covid-19-twitter-manipulated-media-biden
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018;
Zika
in 2016 and the
coronavirus
in 2020.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/facebook-posts/no-connection-between-us-national-elections-and-in/
Says Nancy Pelosi delayed
coronavirus
funding so “
Dems
could campaign on it.”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/10/blog-posting/fact-checking-claims-pelosi-held-coronavirus-aid/
Surge of Virus Misinformation Stumps
Facebook
and Twitter
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/technology/coronavirus-misinformation-social-media.html
Media manipulation in reports
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/06/facebook-posts/romanian-conspiracy-theory-migrates-us-amid-corona/
Pope Francis tested
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/05/blog-posting/blog-falsely-claims-pope-francis-tested-positive-s/
The Simpsons predicted it
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/viral-image/doh-simpsons-didnt-predict-coronavirus/
Cremations in China
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/26/facebook-posts/china-air-quality-projections-used-promote-coronav/
Hoaxes about the
coronavirus
are now trying to prove human extermination
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/hoaxes-about-the-coronavirus-are-now-trying-to-prove-human-extermination/
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