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Instagram recommendation algorithms are pushing anti-vaxx and QAnon posts, NGO report says mguenot@businessinsider.com (Marianne Guenot) Instagram is promoting posts containing misinformation to its users, a report says. The Center for Countering Digital Hate measured what was recommended on 15 test accounts. The "Explore" and "Suggested Posts" features pointed to QAnon and anti-vaxx content, it noted. Popular Searches It highlighted the "Explore" and "Suggested Posts" features...

The posts were found in the "Explore" and "Suggested Posts" features according to research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

Instagram is recommending Covid misinformation, including lies about the vaccines, to millions of users during the pandemic, a shocking new report claims. Posts promoted by the Facebook-owned social networks algorithm include claims that Covid isnt real, vaccines are unsafe and kill children and that the pandemic is faked to give the government greater control over the population.   The report has been authored Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a UK non-profit organisation, which has...

The report by @CCDHate found that users curious about dubious posts were directed to more false claims and dangerous content.

Instagram’s “suggested” posts recommended anti-vaccine content even as Facebook cracked down on false and misleading statements about COVID-19.

Rebecca Ejifoma reports that ‘Draw The Line Against Malaria’ campaign, a new youth-focused creative campaign championed by a global coalition of change makers and culture influencers, inspires Africa’s youths to demand political action from their leaders to end malaria within a generation A new youth-focused creative campaign powered by African stars launched today to ‘draw the line (DTL) against malaria’, one of humanity’s oldest and deadliest diseases. Global Coalition of Change M...

Twitter warns users who post Covid vaccine-related misinformation that they face permanent bans.

Creative 136 1 Add to collection dentsu International partners with Malaria No More UK and Meji Alabi inviting youths from around the world to join the movement against the worlds oldest deadly disease Dentsu international has partnered with global NGO Malaria No More UK to launch ‘Draw The Line Against Malaria’. The star-studded creative campaign invites youth from across Africa and the globe to join the movement to end the world’s oldest deadliest disease. The global integrated campaig...

Donya Nasser* (Trustee member of the committee) An MA volunteer, Donya Nasser has been Senior Manager, Public Engagement and Policy at the Center for the Developing Adolescent since 2019. She has been a Global Trustee on the Governing Council for IPPF since 2017; a Board Director for IPPF Western Hemisphere Region since 2017; and a Board Director for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Action Fund (PPAF) since 2015. She has also been the Director of Strategic Partnerships on...

Season’s Greetings from the East and Southern Africa Region News 22 December 2020 We have come to the end of a year that challenged our plans, strategies, and programme delivery but also inspired new ways of working and fresh solutions to reaching our goals. The far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has not spared any sector and has laid bare the deep inequalities and continued marginalization experienced by millions of vulnerable people the world over, particularly women and youth. Y...