“There is a general sense of fear, so people look out for information — and YouTube becomes one of the places to look for it.” View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/the-most-popular-youtube-videos-about-the-coronavirus-are from BuzzFeed News Ryan Broderick
“Proactive and reactively we will delete evil my brother.” View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/how-saudi-arabia-infiltrated-twitter from BuzzFeed News Alex Kantrowitz
Facebook warned against the potential “overreach” of Singapore’s anti-fake news law as it blocked a page that was flagged for spreading false information about the coronavirus. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/cameronwilson/singapore-facebook-fake-news-law-alex-tan-coronavirus from BuzzFeed News Cameron Wilson
“It’s incredible the sheer speed at which lies travel, particularly when they’re targeted at groups,” one fact checker said. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/cameronwilson/australia-facebook-seven-fact-checkers-17-million-users from BuzzFeed News Cameron Wilson
There’s a potential US buyer lined up to buy military jet engine maker Motor Sich. (Spoiler: It’s not Erik Prince.) View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/donald-trump-ukraine-china-motor-sich from BuzzFeed News Christopher Miller
Refugees detained in a Brisbane hotel are in overcrowded rooms and have limited access to exercise, says the Commonwealth Ombudsman. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahryan/refugees-in-a-random-hotel-being-used-as-a-makeshift from BuzzFeed News Hannah Ryan
The power dynamics at play in any workplace sexual harassment scenario are “heightened” in Antarctica, one researcher said. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/metoo-movement-antarctica-sexual-harassment-remote-isolated from BuzzFeed News Gina Rushton
Tursunay Ziyawudun endured months of interrogations and ritual humiliations at the hands of camp officials before she was released. She’s terrified she’s about to be sent back. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/china-uighur-xinjiang-kazakhstan from BuzzFeed News Megha Rajagopalan
Who is the world’s most important conservation organization really looking out for — endangered animals, or the people who want to pay big bucks to hunt them? View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/robertojurkschat/red-list-iucn-trophy-hunting from BuzzFeed News Roberto Jurkschat
“If it was in the tens of millions it might go some of the way to making me feel like I’d been seen, heard and there was a modicum of justice,” one woman told BuzzFeed News. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/pelvic-mesh-implants-cost-these-women-their-happiness-and from BuzzFeed News Gina Rushton