Coronavirus: Fake news is spreading fast
As the coronavirus - or to be precise Covid-19 - spreads around the world, getting accurate information about the disease becomes ever more important.
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How can you stop the spread of misinformation?
Misleading coronavirus advice is going viral on social media feeds. Zeinab Badawi explains how we can all slow the spread of harmful falsehoods online.
Coronavirus: Video games add ‘stay at home’ Covid-19 adverts
Three of the UK's leading video games developers are to display coronavirus safety advice within their titles.
Facebook and Samsung donate thousands of devices to NHS
Mobile giant Samsung is donating 2,000 smartphones to the NHS, for staff to use in Nightingale hospitals.
During global pandemic, student paper says ‘biggest’ public safety threat is ICE
The editorial board of the UNC-Chapel Hill student paper suggested that ICE agents are the "biggest threat" to public safety.
Google blocking 18m coronavirus scam emails every day
Scammers are sending 18 million hoax emails about Covid-19 to Gmail users every day, according to Google.
Could welfare state rise from the rubble of Covid-19?
Global recession may make public and policymakers think more about those ‘at the bottom of society’, says social policy academic
Facebook uses 1.5bn Reddit posts to create chatbot
Facebook has launched a new chatbot that it claims is able to demonstrate empathy, knowledge and personality.
‘Plandemic’ virus conspiracy video spreads across social media
Major social networks are rushing to take down a new coronavirus conspiracy theory video which has rapidly spread across the internet.
Robot dog enforces social distancing in Singapore park
A robot dog is patrolling one of Singapore's parks as part of coronavirus-related trial.
