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YouTube will add a section for ‘verified’ videos about coronavirus to its homepage in a bid to stop the spread of misinformation The platform will add a row for legitimate videos on its homepage Content will be aggregated from real news sources and heal authorities It hopes that the measure will help stop the proliferation … Read more
Will Smith poses with his family as he says he ‘feels responsible for a lot of the misinformation’ surrounding coronavirus because of his film I Am Legend By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 13:43 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 15:51 GMT, 19 March 2020 Will Smith has joked he feels ‘responsible for a lot … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
By Natalie Rahhal, Acting US Health Editor for DailyMail.com HOW DANGEROUS IS CORONAVIRUS? About 14 percent of people who contract the Covid-19 coronavirus are taken to hospital – with severe symptoms including breathing problems and pneumonia. About 5 per cent need intensive care. But the majority who get the virus suffer nothing more than … Read more
Facebook gives World Health Organisation free ads and removes ‘false claims and conspiracy theories’ in ongoing battle against coronavirus misinformation Mark Zuckerberg has announced new measures in response to the virus The network is providing WHO with support and ‘as many free ads as it needs’ A Facebook search for ‘coronavirus’ will also prioritise local health … Read more
Twitter is testing a new feature that labels misinformation and fake news as ‘Harmfully Misleading’ by placing orange badges underneath the tweet Orange and red badges would be placed under the tweet with misinformation Fact-checkers and verified journalists will add the correct information The feature could be live as soon as March 5th, well ahead … Read more
Google, Facebook, Amazon and other tech giants spent a day in secretive talks with the World Health Organization to tackle the spread of coronavirus misinformation. Social media companies including Twitter and Youtube have already been working to remove post about the virus that are proved to be fake. The World Health Organization (WHO) has offered … Read more