Disinformation

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Country must battle ‘dual epidemic of coronavirus and disinformation’

February 15, 2021

Nurse Eleanor Pinkerton administers a coronavirus vaccine to one of the health and social care staff at the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow (PA)

‘Mandatory, unsafe and not halal’ – Covid-19 vaccine myths debunked

January 26, 2021

Researchers say 48 countries, including the UK, were found to use third-party companies to manage propaganda campaigns in 2020 (Tim Goode/PA)

Private firms pocketing millions from disinformation-for-hire, report says

January 13, 2021

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Social media ‘failure’ on Trump must cause rethink on disinformation, MP says

January 8, 2021

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee is told some smaller sites ‘simply will not talk to governments about anything’ (Tim Goode/PA)

Online Harms director warns of ‘deeply problematic’ niche social platforms

December 17, 2020

A leading doctor has warned that vaccine misinformation within Muslim communities could undermine efforts to immunise the public (Dan Charity/The Sun/PA)

False Covid vaccine claims ‘could hinder immunisation within Muslim communities’

December 15, 2020

The PA news agency has debunked some of the leading myths surrounding the coronavirus vaccine (John Cairns/University of Oxford/PA)

Aborted foetus cells, microchips and Thalidomide: vaccine myths debunked

December 2, 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed the approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine but acknowledged there are ‘logistical challenges’ to overcome (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Prime Minister warns of ‘logistical challenges’ to overcome for Covid-19 vaccine

December 2, 2020