While social media — think Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc — are heralded as keeping people connected, it’s clearer just how it’s used to divide us. Case in point: social media is the main engine for driving misinformation about the coronavirus and public sentiment about breaking stay-at-home shelter rules. The remedy? That’s what’s stumping everyone; And should Latinos be anymore worried about COVID-19 than others?; and In regular Trump retaliation, he now suggests withholding coronavirus funding from these cities; and Instagram just created something to make fundraising easier. Go beyond the headlines…
The curious case of Latinos and Covid-19
The dangerous global flood of misinformation surrounding COVID-19
Pentagon pulls money from overseas projects to pay for border wall
Trump suggests coronavirus funding for states could be tied to sanctuary city policies
Poll: Half Of Americans Financially Affected By Coronavirus
Millennials overtake Baby Boomers as America’s largest generation
Men twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than women, study on Chinese coronavirus patients suggests
Instagram now allows users to fundraise for nonprofits while live streaming
Chile to introduce controversial ‘virus-free’ certificates
‘A little seed of happiness’: Brazilian musicians jam online during lockdown
