Headlines For Nov. 24, 2021
BBC
Farm laws: Sikhs being targeted by fake social media profiles
A network of fake social media profiles of people claiming to be Sikhs, and promoting divisive narratives, has been exposed. A new report shared exclusively with the BBC ahead of its publication on Wednesday identified 80 accounts in the network, which have now been suspended because they were fake.
Diplomatic Courier
Why Covid-19 Misinformation Works
The rampant spread of false information about the coronavirus has been attributed to politicians promoting faulty remedies. But how humans process knowledge has an important role to play in understanding why so many have bought into these “cures,” writes LSE’s Noam Titelman.
MSNBC
Dr. Fauci: People Weaponizing Lies About The Coronavirus Are Killing People
Dr. Fauci discusses the upcoming holiday season, why children should get the vaccine, vaccine misinformation, and how to end the pandemic in this special interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber
The Straits Times
Conspiracist or reformist: Which one are you when disaster strikes?
Every so often, something so awful and senseless happens that it’s hard to fully absorb it. An apartment building collapses as residents sleep within. A movie star’s prop gun fires a real bullet on a film set, killing a young mother. A concert crowd morphs into a melee that leaves people dead and injured. After each such catastrophe, there looms a question: What’s the real story of what happened here?
