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Hong Kong leader flags 'fake news' laws as worries over media freedom grow

Sharon Tam, Reuters
Posted at May 04 07:19 PM

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government was working on "fake news" legislation to tackle "misinformation, hatred and lies," as worries grow over media freedoms in the global financial hub. Read more »

Polio survivor braves virus threat, goes house-to-house to fight PH vaccine scare

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 30 06:10 PM

A social worker with polio explained the importance of mass immunization against preventable diseases among Filipino children, and how he campaigned in far-reaching areas to help fight against vaccine hesitancy in the Philippines.  Read more »

Here's how Twitter shields public conversations vs COVID-19 misinformation

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 06:47 PM

Twitter said it is actively elevating credible content and getting rid of misinformation as more users engage in public conversations about vaccines and the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Falsely citing risk to students, Florida school bars vaccinated teachers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 07:11 AM

Critics have held up the move by the Centner Academy as a particularly glaring example of the dangers of misinformation. Read more »

Facebook, Google, TikTok, Twitter campaign vs vaccine misinformation

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 07 02:50 PM

The Department of Health said Wednesday global technology firms Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter have joined forces to support its campaign against vaccine and COVID-19 misinformation.  Read more »

Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page over COVID-19 misinformation

Brian Ellsworth, Reuters
Posted at Mar 27 04:23 PM

Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's page for violating policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19 by promoting a remedy he claims, without evidence, can cure the disease, a company spokesman said on Saturday. Read more »

Facebook touts war on misinformation ahead of US hearing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 08:59 AM

Facebook on Monday highlighted a ramped up effort to block fake accounts in an ongoing battle against misinformation ahead of a key hearing in Congress scrutinizing online platforms. Read more »

Facebook to label all posts about COVID-19 vaccines

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 03:46 PM

Facebook Inc, which has been criticized by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said on Monday it has started adding labels to posts that discuss the safety of the shots and will soon label all posts about the vaccines. Read more »

Chris Evans sets up civic engagement platform to fight misinformation

Shiela Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 12:00 PM

Misleading news and posts in various social media platforms continue to gain traction everywhere in the world.   Read more »

Philippine critics in firing line of anti-communist misinformation war

Cecil Morella and Jake Soriano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 01:20 PM

A torrent of misinformation on the social media platform has put activists, journalists, politicians and lawyers in the firing line as President Rodrigo Duterte's government and military out alleged supporters of a decades-old Maoist insurgency. Read more »

Why do troll posts, fake news 'gain traction' on social media?

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 10:14 AM

Misleading news and posts from fake social media accounts continue to gain traction in the Philippines as campaigns against disinformation fail to address how these propaganda are designed to "draw on the experiences" of common folk, a sociologist said, Wednesday. Read more »

US prosecutor says Trump probe will look at intent

Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 09:36 PM

WASHINGTON - The prosecutor investigating whether Donald Trump tried to influence the result of Georgia's 2020 presidential election suggested the former president knew what he was doing when he asked a state official to "find" one more vote than he needed to win.   Read more »

Facebook says it will take down false vaccine claims

Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang, Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 04:53 AM

Facebook Inc. said on Monday it will expand a list of false health claims it bans from the platform to include debunked claims about vaccines in general, such as that they are toxic or cause autism. Read more »

'Fact-checkers' proposed for Nobel peace prize

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 12:13 AM

With truth famously known as the "first casualty of war," a Norwegian parliamentarian announced Thursday that she is nominating "fact-checkers" for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.   Read more »

Southeast Asia: Contact tracing a COVID-19 hoax

Yvonne T. Chua, Vera Files
Posted at Jan 16 04:58 AM

The diet hoax—that eating high-alkaline foods could beat COVID-19—should have died down by now. After all, science experts and fact checkers across the globe had been quick to bust it when it came out. Read more »

Trump says 2nd impeachment 'absolutely ridiculous'

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 12:56 AM

Donald Trump emerged from isolation at the White House on Tuesday to brand the likely second impeachment of his US presidency "absolutely ridiculous" and warn that it has triggered "tremendous anger." Read more »

Facebook exec says 'no plans' to end Trump ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 11:35 PM

Facebook does not intend to lift the suspension on outgoing President Donald Trump, the platform's second in command Sheryl Sandberg said Monday. Read more »

Trump to skip Biden inauguration after presidency implodes

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 12:54 AM

Not since 1869 has an outgoing US president missed the inauguration of the incoming leader, a ceremony symbolizing the peaceful transfer of power. Read more »

Biden says Trump fomented violence at US Capitol

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 05:22 AM

US President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday that President Donald Trump fomented Wednesday's violence at the US Capitol, calling it one of the darkest days in the history of the country and an assault on democracy.   Read more »

After Capitol violence, Trump faces calls for removal and staff exodus

Andy Sullivan and Jonathan Landay, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 08 07:54 AM

WASHINGTON - The top two Democrats in Congress on Thursday called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office, one day after his supporters stormed and vandalized the US Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy.   Read more »