A committee of infectious disease researchers issued a statement this week urging hospitals to stop testing new admissions for COVID-19, saying that doing so will extend patients’ wait times.
The Associated Press found that governments around the world used mass surveillance technologies and data during the COVID-19 pandemic for purposes unrelated to the pandemic, including stifling dissent and harassing marginalized communities.
According to Fang, Twitter "quietly aided the Pentagon’s covert online PsyOp campaign" and directly assisted the US military in its efforts to shape public opinion in the Middle East and beyond. He wrote that Twitter "gave approval & special protection to the U.S. military’s online psychological influence ops."
University of Oklahoma bans TikTok for students and staff due to national security concerns and compliance with Governor Kevin Stitt's executive order.
Children’s hospitals experienced a “significant” surge in kids injured by guns during COVID-19 quarantines, with Black children leading the increase, a new study has found.
House Republicans are planning to release their own 100-page report in response to the select committee's expected 1,000 page report on the events of Jan 6, 2021.
