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Author: Jessica Irvine
Unfortunately, while the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, it also must deal with the “infodemic” of harmful, intentionally incorrect information circulating the internet. This information is incredibly relevant and destructive to the response to COVID-19, leaving!-->!-->!-->…
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Artificial intelligence technology is used to generate manipulated facial images for fake social media accounts. Social media activist, Nandini Jammi, has been a victim of harassment from an AI-generated user named "Jessica", one of fifty accounts owned by a single online troll. The!-->…
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Article By Jessica Ly
The coronavirus outbreak, stemming from Wuhan, China, has been met with a wave of fear and misinformation on the Internet. People are using various social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter to share unfounded advice on how to protect oneself from the virus, make…
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Article By Meredith Steinberg
Since late December 2019, Australia’s fires have killed at least 25 people along with up to a billion animals, and had at least 150 arson fires. The effects of these fires have been devastating to both the environment and its inhabitants. While it is important for…
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Qatar has amended a new article to its penal code that sets criminal penalties for the spread of fake news with ill-intent. The punishment for spreading fake news is a sentence of up to 5 years in prison. However, the new articles do not specifically define what determines information to be fake!-->…
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The last couple of years have seen an explosion in the consumer DNA testing industry. Unfortunately, aside from a slightly accurate estimate about where your ancestors lived, the bulk of what these consumer DNA tests claims are completely fictitious. Recent studies have discovered that these tests!-->…
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American history
textbooks across the country, even with the same authors and same publishers,
have different written versions of history that are sometimes extremely
reflective of the country’s ideological and political divides. The book
publishers have different editions of the same textbook for!-->…
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The Australian wildfires were met with an outpour of support from across the world. There were legitimate fundraising efforts such as one by Australian comedian, Celeste Barber, who raised over 34 million dollars on Facebook to support firefighters. There were also scammers who found the disaster!-->…
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Following Iran’s missile strike on an US-Iraqi base in Iraq, the Iranian government released false information on the casualties and severity of the attack by stating that 80 Americans were killed and 200 Americans were wounded. However, US authorities have stated that there were no American!-->…
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Now in its 23rd consecutive week of anti-government protests, Hong Kong has been flooded with fake news coming from political oppositions through various media sources including the Internet. The proliferation of fake news has increased distrust of authorities and fueled growing animosity between!-->…
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After years of decline prior to 2011, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease related deaths has been increasing. Under false pretense that it will lower their chance of heart disease, about 19 million U.S. citizens take daily fish oil supplements. Many of these individuals do not know that!-->…
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Facebook announced last week that it will treat incorrect medical information as spam or clickbait articles in order to address the growing issue. Social media platforms are celebrated as a means for people to connect and stay connected with others, however, this has also created platforms for!-->…
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