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No bleach, no COVID parties: Spotify reveals its content rules

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said he didn't want the company to be a "content censor" after controversy over alleged COVID misinformation in its biggest podcast.

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Spotify adds COVID warnings after Joe Rogan controversy

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said he didn't want the company to be a "content censor" after controversy over alleged COVID misinformation in its biggest podcast.

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COVID vaccine misinformation violates human rights, says Pope Francis

Pope Francis has condemned the spread of fake news about coronavirus jabs and the pandemic.

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Inmates sue after receiving Ivermectin to treat COVID without consent

Four inmates in the US state of Arkansas claim they were given Ivermectin after testing positive for COVID, but they say they were told that it was vitamins, antibiotics or steroids.

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Euroviews. Honesty and humility will help combat COVID pseudo-science | View

A trust deficit may be driving low vaccine uptake and conspiracy theories in some European countries. It is within politicians' power to mitigate this, writes Péter Krekó of the Budapest-based Political Capital Institute

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YouTube urged to take 'effective' action against misinformation

More than 80 media groups and NGOs have signed an open letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.

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Tech this week: Drone delivers life saving defibrillator in Sweden

A Swedish man's life is saved with the help of a drone and BMW shows off its new colour-changing car in Las Vegas.

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What happened to QAnon after the storming of the US Capitol?

Many of those who stormed the Capitol in January 2021 were followers of the unfounded conspiracy.

Sweden

Sweden sets up 'psychological defence agency' to fight fake news

The agency, set up ahead of Sweden’s next general election scheduled for September 11, is to defend the country against "inappropriate influences", the authority said.

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Euronews' biggest misinformation debunks of 2021

Misinformation about #COVID, vaccines, elections and other major events have spread in 2021. Here are five of Euronews' best debunks from the last 12 months.

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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.

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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".

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.

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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.

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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.