There were 61 articles written in English, 26 in Spanish and 13 in German, but there were none at all in Romanian, Hungarian, Swedish and Italian despite there being more than 5,528 posts mentioning the WDA in those languages. The study examined 189 fact-checking articles mentioning the WDA. There was also a huge disparity in fact-checking across different languages, according to the report.

Table from the ISD Global study showing analysis of the fact-checked posts that were among the 50 most popular posts mentioning the WDA or its members on Facebook that were analyzed during the study. 'Fact-checking has always been a Band-Aid on a broken leg to this problem because fact-checking can't address scale,' he said. Moreover, the report states that the labeled posts received even more engagement from Facebook users than the posts which were not labeled.ДЄccording to Decker, a relatively small number of independent fact-checkers can never hope to police the billions of Facebook posts on the platform.

However, the study states there was 'minimal application of these labels across the 50 most popular posts mentioning the World Doctors Alliance or its members in English, Spanish, Arabic and German, despite these posts containing problematic claims.' Only 13% of English-language posts were labeled and even less in German (8%) and Spanish (4.5%). lockdown restrictions.Д¬ahill did not respond to ABC News when asked for comment on the ISD Global study and the fine.ДЇacebook uses third-party investigators to fact-check posts to determine whether a post containing false or misleading information needs to be either labeled or removed. MORE: Facebook to shut down facial recognition systemД¬ahill is an Irish scientist who lost her job as a professor at University College Dublin earlier this year, after the college's student union called for an investigation into her for 'gross misconduct, ' according to Irish newspapers. Dolores Cahill (with 128,942 Facebook followers) are responsible for the vast majority of the group's followers, according to the study. Scott Jensen (with 394,857 Facebook followers) and Dr. The data also showed that the Facebook posts containing false claims and misinformation got more engagement (likes, views etc.) than others.Дr. Their posts have garnered 5.7 million interactions since January 2020 and those numbers have increased by 85% in the first six months of 2021. The Facebook pages of WDA members have increased their number of followers by 13,215% since the start of the pandemic, according to ISD Global. 'Our report highlights how often some of the WDA members have been featured in fact-checks, yet no decisive action seems to be taken.' 'Facebook should use the knowledge of fact-checking organizations to take action on misinformation super-spreaders', the study author, Aoife Gallagher, told ABC News. The data also suggests that Facebook's fact-checking in languages other than English is insufficient and almost nonexistent in some languages. WDA is also an international group with members posting in multiple languages, even though the members with the largest followings come from English-speaking countries.ДЄccording to the research, Facebook is fact-checking some of the COVID-19 misinformation posted by the group but failing to take appropriate action and in many other cases failing to detect the misinformation altogether. Researchers at ISD Global looked at the WDA's presence on other social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter and TikTok but primarily focused on Facebook as it's where the group has the largest following.

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