A federal judge is set to decide whether the Biden administration’s efforts to stamp out online disinformation on topics from Covid-19 to election security crossed the line into coerced censorship on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld2 years ago
Shanghai schools to go online as Covid spreads in China bbc.in
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Photos and video that showed young children isolated from their families and crying at a Shanghai hospital led to an outburst of anger online, as the city struggled to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron version of the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
In 2008, game designer Jane McGonigal led an immersive online game simulating a pandemic. Superstruct's premonitions were so astute that in early 2020, many players said they felt strangely calm and ready to face the cascade of crises from Covid-19. on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
Fake Covid passes advertised for sale online bbc.in
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong’s mandatory smartphone tracking app, its latest "zero Covid" policy, is prompting online mockery and pushback. One mother said that her 2-year-old had been turned away from a sports center for failing to produce a smartphone with the app. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Harvard Business School has moved most of its M.B.A. classes online following a spate of breakthrough Covid-19 infections among its students on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Welsh teen in hospital with Covid targeted online by anti-vaxxers theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
UK charity shops go online to plug Covid spending gap theguardian.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Conspiracy theories about coronavirus have flooded social media since March last year 5 Minutes on talks to @MariannaSpring about online disinformation bbc.in
@nytimesworld4 years ago
The Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha has fallen during a Covid surge in Bangladesh, so farmers there who raise cattle for sacrifice have been taking their flocks online rather than to the market. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Naked Wines benefits from Covid online boom as sales soar theguardian.com
@guardian2 years ago
Covid lockdowns created ‘online backdoor’ for child abusers, says charity theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Names are painted on a wall in London. Ribbons are tied to a church fence in South Africa. An online memorial is curated in Malaysia. More than six million people have died from Covid-19, and remembrances try to keep up. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
As China’s largest city struggles to contain a coronavirus outbreak, outrage erupted online after images of small children isolated from parents with Covid spread. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
HSBC to close 69 more bank branches as Covid speeds shift online theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
UK Covid live: lateral flow tests again unavailable online in England ahead of crunch Commons votes theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
‘Nastier than ever’: have Covid lockdowns helped fuel online hate? theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Harvard Business School has moved most of its M.B.A. classes online following a spate of breakthrough Covid-19 infections among its students on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Fed policy makers and outside academics are set to gather online Friday for a symposium looking at the the U.S. economy, Covid-19 and continuing uncertainty from the Delta variant on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Vaccine mandates in the U.S. and Europe are fueling an online black market for bogus Covid-19 vaccination cards on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Conspiracy theories about coronavirus have flooded social media since March last year 5 Minutes on talks to @MariannaSpring about online disinformation bbc.in
@guardian4 years ago
Greater Sydney Covid lockdown extended for extra week with schools to offer online learning theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Video first, then in-person: Online dating evolved amid the Covid-19 pandemic, says dating app Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld2 years ago
Researchers warn of rise in extremism online after Covid bbc.in
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Names are painted on a wall in London. Ribbons are tied to a church fence in South Africa. An online memorial is curated in Malaysia. More than six million people have died from Covid-19, and remembrances try to keep up. nyti.ms
French anti-vaxxers buying fake Covid passes online theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
Extremists using online gaming and Covid conspiracies to recruit youngsters theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
50% of UK theatres streaming shows online during Covid revert to in-person only theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Sydney Covid patient in Westmead hospital after overdosing on ivermectin and other online ‘cures’ theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Target reported increased revenue in the second quarter as more people returned to stores and online spending moderated compared with last summer, when Covid-19 upended shopping habits on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Covid-19 changed how people tend to their mental health by expanding the use of online therapy, but there are pros and cons to virtual care on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Moonpig profits double as Covid pushes spending online theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Ocado sales jump 20% after shopping shifts online in Covid crisis theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Alphabet: revenue soared for Google owner as Covid brought more people online theguardian.com
@guardian2 years ago
Shanghai schools ordered to hold classes online to stem Covid infections theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Names are painted on a wall in London. Ribbons are tied to a church fence in South Africa. An online memorial is curated in Malaysia. More than six million people have died from Covid-19, and remembrances try to keep up. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
In China, questioning the country’s zero-Covid policy was once taboo. Now, people online have started debating the question of how long the country’s stringent measures will last. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Australia Covid update: Victoria records huge spike in cases after online rapid test reporting system launched theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
"What we are trying to build is something that is Covid-proof and recession-proof." Christian churches think emergency pandemic measures that draw in new worshipers, such as online services, might stick around for the long term. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Harvard Business School moved most of its M.B.A. classes online following a spate of breakthrough Covid-19 infections among its students on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
National Trust reports 383% rise in online donations during Covid crisis theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Walmart logged another quarter of rising U.S. sales even as its online growth slowed, at a time when retailers are navigating rising costs, supply chain snarls and an uptick in Covid-19 cases on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Vaccine mandates in the U.S. and Europe are fueling an online black market for bogus Covid vaccination cards on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Young workers and Covid: battered finances, but broader online horizons theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Covid ticketing rules exclude people not online from major events theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Even before the coronavirus hit, Italy had among the worst dropout rates in Europe. Closed schools and online classes have pushed students out in ever higher numbers, and the impact on an entire generation may be one of the pandemic’s lasting tolls. nyti.ms