Category: misinformation

Google Testing ‘Prebunking’ to ‘Inoculate People’ Against Misinformation, Including Info About COVID-19 Shots

Tech giant Google is testing out “prebunking” strategies aimed at “inoculating people against manipulation” and misinformation online. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, researchers from Google and Cambridge University in the United Kingdom teamed up to conduct experiments that involved five short videos aimed at “inoculating people against manipulation techniques commonly…


Google Tests ‘Prebunking’ in Fight Against Misinformation, Including About COVID-19

Google is testing “prebunking” strategies aimed at “inoculating people against manipulation” and misinformation online, researchers say. Researchers from Google and the UK’s Cambridge University teamed up to conduct experiments that involved five short videos aimed at “inoculating people against manipulation techniques commonly used in misinformation,” according to a paper published Aug. 24 in the journal…


CDC Collaboration With Big Tech on COVID-19 Misinformation a Threat to First Amendment Rights: Legal Advocacy Group

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was sued by America First Legal (AFL) to compel the release of records regarding correspondence between the federal public health agency and social media companies during the pandemic. AFL, a legal nonprofit run by former Trump administration officials, recently obtained documents showing that the CDC worked with…


Ottawa Provides Few Details on Plans for ‘New Tools’ to Fight ‘Extremist Ideology’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in late May that “new tools” were needed to combat a host of threats, such as “misinformation,” social media being “weaponized,” and “right-wing terrorism,” but various government departments contacted by The Epoch Times provided few details on what those tools might be. Public Safety mentioned investments in the Communications Security…


Recession? They Will Tell Us That It’s Misinformation

Commentary Last week, this space speculated that the next recession may never be called what it is. Government agencies rely entirely on the National Bureau for Economic Research to call it either way. In October 2020, the NBER posted a clarification that it does not accept the textbook definition of two successive quarters of output…


California May Ask Social Media to Report How They Monitor Users to Combat ‘Hate Speech,’ ‘Misinformation’

SACRAMENTO—A state bill that would require social media platforms to share how they monitor their users’ activities and contents to combat “hate, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and extreme political polarization” made its way through a senate committee last week. Assembly Bill 587, dubbed the Social Media Transparency and Accountability Act of 2021, would require social media…


The Roe Fallout: Violence and Misinformation

Roe v. Wade has been overturned, as was expected from a leaked draft opinion, and two things stand out in the aftermath: the totally flawed misinformation about the ruling, and the condoned violence that has predictably popped up. Understanding both of these elements will also reveal further truths about the Left’s true intent. Follow us…


Liberals’ Online Streaming Act Passes Third Reading in Parliament, Heads to Senate

The Liberal government’s online streaming bill is heading to the Senate. Bill C-11 passed third reading in the House of Commons Tuesday with a vote of 208–117, with the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc defeating the Conservatives and Green MP Mike Morrice who voted against it. If the bill is passed in the Senate and receives…


Peter Menzies: In Attempting to Curb ‘Misinformation and Disinformation,’ the Liberals Perpetuate Same

Commentary The Trudeau government has taken #fakenews, #alternativefacts, #misinformation, and #disinformation to a whole new, breathtaking level. This week, the Liberals introduced legislation that will freeze the buying, importing, and selling of handguns and pretended gun owners won’t be affected. You may agree or disagree with that approach, but what is clear is that if…


On Monkeypox, Voices of ‘Authority’ Become Voices of Misinformation

News Analysis A significant piece of the discussion on the CCP virus is among the least remembered: when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic, it also declared an information pandemic, which it dubbed the “infodemic.” The battle for the narrative over the virus, its deadliness, and how to prepare for it became an…