Surgeon General Vivek Murphy begins his campaign in eradicating COVID misinformation by requesting help from Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other Big Tech companies.
Pope Francis meets members of the Catholic Factchecking consortium at the Vatican s Clementine Hall, Jan. 28, 2022 / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Jan 28, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis said on Friday that it is a human right to be "properly informed" with scientific data, rather than "fake news," in a meeting with a Catholic fact-checking group focused on COVID-19 vaccines."To be properly informed, to be helped to understand situations based on scientific data and not fake news, is a human right," Pope Francis said on Jan. 28."Fake news has to be refuted, but individual persons must always be respected, for they believe it often without full awareness or responsibility," he said.The pope met with the International Catholic Media Consortium on COVID-19 Vaccines, which runs the website catholic-factchecking.com."We can hardly fail to see that these days, in addition to the pandemic, an infodemic is spreading: a distortion of reality base
Pope Francis meets members of the Catholic Factchecking consortium at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Jan. 28, 2022 / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Jan 28, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
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How Google is assisting APAC news publishers to up their digital game The tech company announced that it has invested $33 million in GNI and supported more than 1,000 news organizations across Asia-Pacific by
Updated: Apr 23, 2021 8:31 AM
Tech giant Google is expanding its programmes and partnerships in the Asia Pacific that are aimed to help publishers take advantage of digital technology. As publishers reassess their business models, Google has rolled out various programmes like Google News Initiative (GNI), digital growth training, the launch of Subscription Labs, and investment in fact-checking to combat the menace of fake news.
Google APAC Head of Media, News & Entertainment Partnerships Rohan Tiwary has provided an update on the company s support for Asia’s news industry.