An analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) said coronavirus misinformation on topics such as vaccines and lockdowns could evolve to focus on climate policy

CSO data reveals younger people are far less likely to take information at face value than their older peers

Social media platform TikTok is failing to attach links to trustworthy sources of information to many videos on its platform which contain misinformation on Covid-19 and vaccines, according to new research.

NewsGuard said some pages did include Facebook labels offering links to 'the latest coronavirus information' but added that not enough was being done by platforms to inform users about the trustworthiness of sources

Asked about hate speech, Ms Haugen said: 'Unquestionably it is making hate worse'

Report says some parents are influenced by false claims about vaccines

Correcting misinformation on Twitter may only make the problem worse, according to a study. Researchers offered polite corrections complete with links to solid evidence, in replies to flagrantly false tweets about politics.

As videos and photos flooded Twitter and Snapchat, the media remained silent on the request of gardaí

Priti Patel has told tech giants they have a social responsibility to take down anti-vaccination content and wider misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.

Colm Ryan of Cork Skeptics said their page and all the administrator’s personal Facebook accounts were shut down twice in two months

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Interim results from a jab developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech were found to be more than 90% effective, the pharmaceutical firm announced on Monday

Two helped halt the spread of dangerous information about virus that began circulating in Cork via social media

Developing a working Covid-19 vaccine “might not be enough” to end the pandemic unless steps are taken by governments and technology firms to tackle coronavirus misinformation, scientists have warned.

Social media giants have been accused of failing to act on anti-vaccine misinformation related to the coronavirus, even when it is reported to them.

Facebook is coming under increasing pressure to fact-check misinformation about vaccines. But, when it comes to Covid-19, how do you fact-check information about a vaccine that doesn't exist?

The platform will start showing messages in the News Feed of those who have interacted with Covid-19 misinformation and link them to official advice.