The disinformation dozen: Two-thirds of anti-vaccine content on social media is spread by 12 people

Around two-thirds of viral anti-vaccine social media content circulating on Facebook and Twitter has been linked to just 12 notable individuals in new research. Content that was shared more than 812,000 times on the social media platforms between February 1 and March 16 was analysed by The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and Anti-Vax … Read more

The heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter testify at House hearing on disinformation

The heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter testify at House hearing on disinformation – as Mark Zuckerberg says he’s open to Congress changing Section 230 Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter ‘s Jack Dorsey and Google’s parent company Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai testified before Congress Thursday The hearing was on the spread of disinformation   In pre-released testimony, Zuckerberg … Read more

The heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter will testify at House hearing on disinformation

The heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter will testify at House hearing on disinformation – as Mark Zuckerberg says he’s open to Congress changing Section 230 Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter ‘s Jack Dorsey and Google’s parent company Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai will again testify before Congress  Thursday’s hearing will be about disinformation  In pre-released testimony, Zuckerberg … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that Biden won the election – even as disinformation spreads on Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg has told Facebook’s staff that ‘the outcome of the election is now clear’ and that Joe Biden ‘is going to be our next president’ – despite his social media company giving voice to millions of Americans who insist without evidence that the election has been stolen. Zuckerberg, 36, told his employees during an … Read more

James Murdoch says he quit his father’s media empire because they were ‘legitimizing disinformation’

James Murdoch has said he quit his father’s media empire because it was ‘legitimizing disinformation’ and slammed ‘crazy’ Trump for ‘infecting the US with cruelty’ and downplaying COVID-19.   The youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his second wife Anna told the New York Times about his decision to break free from the family business, … Read more