The Cube

Most in North Macedonia think COVID was made to control humans: poll

The poll also found that 46% of citizens in North Macedonia believe the virus is being sprayed by aeroplanes.

1 December 2021

The Cube

Russian orthodox monk who denied the COVID-19 pandemic is jailed

Father Sergiy was arrested in December 2020 after giving sermons that urged believers to "die for Russia".

30 November 2021

Climate

Climate misinformation could ‘undermine’ COP26 progress, say experts

Climate denial is changing into climate delay and without a definition for misinformation, the goal of 1.5C could be at risk.

18 November 2021

The Cube

Greek journalists call for new 'fake news' law to be withdrawn

A Greek journalists' union says the new legal amendment could endanger the right to press freedom and needs to be rewritten.

11 November 2021

Europe News

Frances Haugen: EU has generational opportunity to regulate Facebook

"Democracies must step in and make new laws," the whistleblower told lawmakers in the European Parliament.

8 November 2021

Tech News

‘Staggering scale’ of climate misinformation on Facebook revealed

Activists say Facebook is failing to act on climate misinformation on its platform - and is even benefiting financially from placing climate misinformation on its paid advertising platform.

5 November 2021

The Cube

Social media firms sanction Bolsonaro over COVID vaccine claims

YouTube said it had suspended the Brazilian President for one week, while Facebook and Instagram have removed his live broadcast from last week.

26 October 2021

The Cube

Lithuanian news outlets delete comments to combat COVID misinformation

Lithuanian news websites have said they will remove anonymous public comments on stories about COVID-19.

21 October 2021

Romania

Romanian police investigate 'false' empty COVID-19 hospital claim

Authorities at the hospital in Piatra-Neamț have told Euronews that their beds are never free of COVID-19 patients.

20 October 2021

Tech News

Nobel winner Maria Ressa calls Facebook 'biased against facts'

Ressa, who was the joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize this week, slammed Facebook as a threat to democracy.

9 October 2021

Tech News

Four key takeaways from the Facebook whistleblower's Senate hearing

Frances Haugen spent hours giving evidence to a US Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, prompting pushback from Facebook and a memo from Mark Zuckerberg.

6 October 2021

Tech News

MEPs demand Facebook investigation after whistleblower leaks

Two European lawmakers said the leaked documents proved big tech companies could not be trusted to regulate themselves.

5 October 2021

Tech News

Facebook promotes hate to make money, whistleblower claims

The social media giant knows hate speech is a problem. It also knows it's profitable, a former employee claimed on Sunday.

4 October 2021

USA

COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in US as delta variant rages

Tens of millions of Americans have refused to get vaccinated, allowing the highly contagious delta variant to tear through the country.

2 October 2021

Tech News

Russia threatens YouTube ban in COVID misinformation row

Russia's foreign ministry vowed to take "retaliatory measures" against YouTube and German media after two RT-linked channels were taken down.

29 September 2021

Tech News

Facebook tested its new moderation policy during Germany's election

The company took down a network of 150 groups and profiles linked to the Querdenken anti-lockdown movement, but analysis showed plenty of similar content stayed live.

28 September 2021

Tech News

Facebook's move to fight climate disinformation 'too little, too late'

Environment campaigners say the social platform is still full of misleading information and adverts for fossil fuel companies despite a new pledge to fund fact-checkers.

22 September 2021

The Cube

French hospital denies politician's unvaccinated workers claim

A post on social media had claimed that 30% of the hospital's medical workers have not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine and were facing suspension.

17 September 2021

Tech News

Facebook bans German accounts under new 'social harm' policy

Posts from the accounts included one making the debunked claim that vaccines create viral variants and another that wished death upon police officers who broke up violent anti-lockdown protests in Berlin.

17 September 2021

Health news

False 'swollen testicles' tweet stays up despite misinformation rules

We're almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and disinformation remains rife on social media.

15 September 2021