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TikTok, Reddit, and Facebook are struggling with ivermectin misinformation

The Verge

On TikTok, Rolling Stone found videos, some of which had more than a million views, promoting ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment under tags like #ivermectin4covid and #ivermectinworks. The #ivermectin tag is still up, though many of the most popular videos in the tag are of healthcare professionals debunking misinformation.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren concerned that Amazon is ‘peddling misinformation’ about COVID-19

GeekWire

Elizabeth Warren expressed concerns that the “search and ‘Best Seller’ algorithms” on the online retail giant’s website are spreading misinformation about vaccines and the treatment of COVID-19. Why do Amazon’s search algorithms prominently list books with COVID-19 misinformation?

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Facebook and TikTok block hashtags used to spread election conspiracy theories

The Verge

Facebook and TikTok have blocked hashtags that were being used to spread misinformation and conspiracy theories about the presidential election. Social media companies have been trying to quickly stamp out election misinformation this week. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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COVID-19 misinformation still featured on Amazon, months after inquiries from lawmakers

GeekWire

Amazon’s e-commerce site still prominently features content about COVID-19 that was deemed as misinformation and called out more than two months ago by U.S. Searches for terms such as “COVID-19” and “vaccine” yielded “highly-ranked and favorably-tagged books based on falsehoods about COVID-19 vaccines and cures,” according to a Sept.

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Twitter’s new reply-limiting feature is already changing how we talk on the platform

The Verge

But now, if you’re part of the test, you can decide if you want to allow replies from everyone, only people you follow, or only people you tag — which, if you don’t tag anyone, means that no one can reply at all. Previously, anybody could reply to anybody on Twitter (as long as their profile wasn’t private or blocked).

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Facebook removes election misinformation pages tied to Steve Bannon

The Verge

The pages were removed after nonprofit organization Avaaz flagged them as spreading — and artificially amplifying — election-related misinformation under the “Stop The Steal” tag. Facebook has removed a series of pages linked to former Trump advisor Steve Bannon. Facebook also removed a copy of the video.

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Facebook groups can now designate Group Experts

The Verge

However, if a group nominates an untrustworthy expert or if that group is willfully engaged in posting misinformation, it will exclusively be up to the admins to remove them from their expert status. So while the “expert” tag designates the trust of admins, it doesn’t objectively qualify someone as a real expert.

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