The pandemic has for sure had an impact on how people use social media. A new survey shows that 28% of current or recent online dating users in the US have Read More
22/09/2023
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The pandemic has deepened a trio of interlocking crises that threaten women and girls around the world: spiking levels of gender-based violence, steep losses in employment and an unmanageable increase Read More
After artists’ and World Health Organisation’s protests against covid statements, CEO Daniel Ek announced the company’s policy in a Spotify blog. “Based on the feedback over the last Read More
YouTube is one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide, says the global International Factchecking Network in a letter to Alphabet-owned YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki. The Read More
Health tech is one of the faster growing segments of the expansion stage ecosystem. The continuing consumerization of healthcare in tandem with macro trends such as aging demographics have ensured Read More
Projects to economically empower women and girls have received funding and support recognising effects of the Covid pandemic that has widened the gender gap. Google’s charity Google.org has Read More
YouTube announced that it is expanding its medical misinformation policies, with new guidelines on currently administered vaccines that are approved and confirmed to be safe and effective by local health Read More
Newsrooms with computational thinking or computational journalism have had a considerable edge in using automated news quickly and efficiently to cover the pandemic. On the other hand, delegating the automated Read More
Facebook has removed more than 20 million messages and more than 3 000 accounts and groups from Facebook and Instagram for repeatedly violating rules against spreading COVID 19 and vaccine information since the pandemic Read More
Facebook is hitting back at president Joe Biden who said that social media is ”killing people” by allowing misinformation about covid and vaccine on their platforms. “At a time when Read More
