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BBC News By Marianna Spring Youre dreading the moment. As your uncle passes the roast potatoes, he casually mentions that a coronavirus vaccine will be used to inject microchips into our bodies to track us. Or maybe its that point when a friend, after a couple of pints, starts talking about how Covid-19 "doesnt exist". Or when pudding is ruined as a long-lost cousin starts spinning lurid tales about QAnon and elite Satanists eating babies. The recent rules changes have upended holiday plans fo...

Share this: Translations Illustration by First Draft News and used with permission. Editors note: The following article written by Ali Abbas Ahmadi was originally published on the First Draft website. It is being republished as part of a partnership for the webinar on December 10.  The languages we speak greatly determine our access to reliable information and fact checks that debunk half-truths or false claims. A recent webinar by First Draft and Global Voices investigates how linguistic mi...

); How anti-vaccine misinformation took aim at the Toy Show - and what can be done about it Ireland is seeing a lot of misinformation about vaccines right now – and there’s no sign of it stopping. By Christine Bohan Monday 21 Dec 2020, 7:00 AM Dec 21st 2020, 7:00 AM 45,056 Views 104 Comments THE LATE LATE Toy Show hadn’t even ended its...

From WereBear: NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. Officially, NaNoWriMo.org emphasizes the month of November. The essential idea is that a writer sets a goal: 50,000 words in 30 days. I only got to 12,000, but that is the best I’ve ever done. So I did get my shirt, this year, for the first time. I decided I can wear it in good conscience. Let me tell you why. First of all: Plague Year. The deluxe version, with Trump in charge. So move that challenge setting all the way to th...

Today’s Headlines and Commentary The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to issue an emergency authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine by Friday evening, reports the New York Times. Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, today announced that Americans may receive vaccinations as soon as Monday or Tuesday of next week. The announcement comes as the daily coronavirus death toll in the United States broke the 3,000 mark on both Wednesday and Thursday. An extraordinary la...

As health providers prepare to distribute the coronavirus vaccine, we should be ready for an onslaught of...

As health providers prepare to distribute the coronavirus vaccine, brace yourself for an onslaught of disinformation online.

Did this coronavirus flyer get dropped in your letterbox? Heres why you shouldnt trust it RMIT ABC Fact Check ThuThursday 10 updated SatSaturday 12 RMIT ABC Fact Check presents the latest debunked misinformation on COVID-19. ( Share Print text only Cancel CoronaCheck is RMIT ABC Fact Checks weekly email newsletter dedicated to fighting the misinformation infodemic surrounding the coronavirus outbreak. You can read the latest edition below, and subscribe to have the next newsletter delivered str...

A coalition of news and tech companies join forces to tackle harmful Covid vaccine misinformation.

Trusted News Initiative to combat spread of harmful vaccine disinformation The Trusted News Initiative (TNI) has agreed to focus on combatting the spread of harmful vaccine disinformation, following its recent summit, chaired by BBC Director-General, Tim Davie. The TNI is an industry collaboration of major news and global tech organizations* working together to stop the spread of disinformation where it poses risk of real-world harm. With the introduction of several possible new COVID-19 vaccin...