The Rockefeller Foundation recently announced they will be putting forth $13.5 million in new funding to strengthen their efforts with regards to countering, according to them, “health mis- and disinformation – confusing, inaccurate, and and harmful information.”
This effort will be and has been a global one, as it’s now being listed as one of the biggest threats that faces our planet.
Vivek Murthy, the US surgeon general, who has accused companies including Facebook of “poisoning information” about coronavirus vaccines, said they were not doing enough to check the online proliferation of false claims. He did so while announcing this 13.5 million dollar initiative.
According to the Rockefeller foundation with regards to this new initiative combating misinformation,
The funding will support the design and evaluation of interventions, tools, and methods to build trust in Covid-19 vaccination efforts and counter inaccurate information, and research to understand how inaccurate health information impacts online and offline behaviors, the true cost of mis- and disinformation on health and economic outcomes, and what strategies might be most effective to counter and manage inaccurate and harmful information from malicious sources. Funded projects will provide a foundation for modern information and communication networks that better serve people and are better prepared to encourage actions and behaviors essential to public health response efforts. Detailed information is slated to be released by the end of 2021.
That pic of Peggy Rockefeller; sometimes a picture says more than a thousand words, and sometimes you have to pour bleach in your eyes after seeing it...
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That pic of Peggy Rockefeller; sometimes a picture says more than a thousand words, and sometimes you have to pour bleach in your eyes after seeing it...