• Send Us A Tip
  • Calling all Tech Writers
  • Advertise
Friday, June 13, 2025
  • Login
  • Register
TechStory
  • News
  • Crypto
  • Gadgets
  • Memes
  • Gaming
  • Cars
  • AI
  • Startups
  • Markets
  • How to
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Crypto
  • Gadgets
  • Memes
  • Gaming
  • Cars
  • AI
  • Startups
  • Markets
  • How to
No Result
View All Result
TechStory
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Popular pro-vaccine Reddit page calls on founders to do more to combat COVID-19 disinformation

by Aashish Sehrawat
August 26, 2021
in News
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Popular pro-vaccine Reddit page calls on founders to do more to combat COVID-19 disinformation

Credit: TheVerge

TwitterWhatsappLinkedin
Credit: TheVerge

On Wednesday, r/vaxxhappened, a popular pro-vaccine reddit page, uploaded a message urging the site’s founders to do more to counteract COVID-19 misinformation spreading on the platform.

You might also like

CRED Raises ₹617 Crore as Valuation Drops 45% to $3.5 Billion

Samsung Surpasses Apple in India-Assembled Smartphone Production

ED Raids 24 Locations in Rajasthan, Gujarat Over ₹2,700 Crore Nexa Evergreen Scam

The page has over 330,000 followers, according to the moderators, who “collect the outrageous and dangerous tales told by dimwitted anti-vaxxers on all forms of media.”

“We could have been better off months ago, but disinformation and lies have been allowed to spread readily through inaction and malice, and have dragged this on at the cost of lives,” the page’s moderators wrote. “There are those who deny that the pandemic even exists, there are those who think that wearing a mask will literally suffocate you, there are those who think it’s no worse than a regular flu virus, that it’s a bioweapon, and everything in between. This volume of blatant misinformation is problematic and dangerous.”

“It is clear that even after promising to tackle the problem of misinformation on this site, nothing of substance has been done aside from quarantining a medium-sized subreddit, which barely reduces traffic and does little to stop misinformation,” they added.

On the site, the founders have addressed COVID-19 falsehoods, and there is a volunteer-led effort to combat misinformation.

“Reddit is a place for open and authentic discussion and debate. This includes conversations that question or disagree with popular consensus. We provide users with authoritative resources when viewing communities that may warrant additional scrutiny, and continue to action content and users that violate our policies,” a Reddit spokesperson told Insider.

“Throughout the pandemic, we have also provided COVID-related resources to support our volunteer moderators, users, and communities, including a dedicated AMA series connecting users with authoritative experts on coronavirus and vaccines, as well as deploying homepage banners directing users to the CDC and r/Coronavirus,” they added.

On their platforms, firms like Twitter and Facebook have struggled to prevent COVID-19 misinformation. The New York Times reported last month that Facebook data scientists wanted resources to determine how widespread COVID-19 misinformation was, but that their requests were refused by higher-ups.

Tags: covid19misinformationpopularReddit
Tweet54SendShare15
Previous Post

Samsung to invest $206 billion over next three years

Next Post

BharaPe enters P2P consumer lending space with ‘12% club’ app

Aashish Sehrawat

Recommended For You

CRED Raises ₹617 Crore as Valuation Drops 45% to $3.5 Billion

by Rounak Majumdar
June 13, 2025
0
CRED Raises ₹617 Crore as Valuation Drops 45% to $3.5 Billion

CRED, the Bengaluru-based fintech unicorn renowned for its credit card payment platform, has closed a fresh funding round of ₹617 crore (approximately $72 million). However, this new capital...

Read more

Samsung Surpasses Apple in India-Assembled Smartphone Production

by Rounak Majumdar
June 12, 2025
0
Samsung Surpasses Apple in India-Assembled Smartphone Production

Samsung has emerged as the leading producer of India-assembled smartphones, outpacing Apple in both volume and local value addition, according to recent industry reports. This development highlights the...

Read more

ED Raids 24 Locations in Rajasthan, Gujarat Over ₹2,700 Crore Nexa Evergreen Scam

by Rounak Majumdar
June 12, 2025
0
ED Raids 24 Locations in Rajasthan, Gujarat Over ₹2,700 Crore Nexa Evergreen Scam

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched a massive crackdown on Thursday, raiding 24 locations across Rajasthan and Gujarat in connection with a ₹2,700 crore money laundering case linked to...

Read more
Next Post
BharatPe logo displayed on iPhone 11

BharaPe enters P2P consumer lending space with '12% club' app

Please login to join discussion

Techstory

Tech and Business News from around the world. Follow along for latest in the world of Tech, AI, Crypto, EVs, Business Personalities and more.
reach us at [email protected]

Advertise With Us

Reach out at - [email protected]

BROWSE BY TAG

#Crypto #howto 2024 acquisition AI amazon Apple bitcoin Business China cryptocurrency e-commerce electric vehicles Elon Musk Ethereum facebook flipkart funding Gaming Google India Instagram Investment ios iPhone IPO Market Markets Meta Microsoft News NFT samsung Social Media SpaceX startup startups tech technology Tesla TikTok trend trending twitter US

© 2024 Techstory.in

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Crypto
  • Gadgets
  • Memes
  • Gaming
  • Cars
  • AI
  • Startups
  • Markets
  • How to

© 2024 Techstory.in

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?