Recent Joe Rogan podcast prompts calls for Spotify misinformation policy
Medical experts are asking Spotify to craft a misinformation policy following a problematic episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.
Medical experts are asking Spotify to craft a misinformation policy following a problematic episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.
While the decision to ban vaccine misinformation on YouTube is welcome, it remains to be seen if the policy change can truly be enforced.
This week’s africast looks at an initiative to keep the local government elections level.
Reddit acknowledges that there has been an increase in the prevalence of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform, but offers up no solution to curb it.
A partnership with several organisations and individuals hopes to combat misinformation ahead of and during local government elections.
Despite the call from hundreds of communities to ban those spreading misinformation, Reddit says it won’t be banning communities that “challenge consensus views on the pandemic”.
YouTube removes 10 million videos a quarter that violate its terms of service.
The test is limited to the US, South Korea and Australia for now as Twitter wants to start small.
The partnership will help provide additional context to Twitter’s Curated content while also speeding up how the firm participates in public conversations.
It marks the first time that YouTube has suspended a major network from uploading content, with Sky News Australia suspended for a week.
Facebook has improved how it alerts users about Pages spreading misinformation but watch out, your account can now be flagged as well.
The DA, and Phumzile Van Damme in particular, plan to probe Facebook on election misinformation during a Parliamentary meeting on 25th May.