#COVID19: The Social Media Pandemic - S1E1: Calls for US authorities to do more as hate crimes against Asians increase | Video
02:38 Min
An alarming rise in the number of hate crimes against Asians in the United States has resulted in growing calls for authorities to do more. More than a dozen incidents have been investigated this year but there are concerns that not all cases are being reported. Sarah Walton reports from New York.
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#COVID19: The Social Media Pandemic
#COVID19: The Social Media Pandemic - S1E1: Calls for US authorities to do more as hate crimes against Asians increase | Video
07 Oct 2021 11:34am
An alarming rise in the number of hate crimes against Asians in the United States has resulted in growing calls for authorities to do more. More than a dozen incidents have been investigated this year but there are concerns that not all cases are being reported. Sarah Walton reports from New York.
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#COVID19: The Social Media Pandemic
About the show:
As a global battle against the COVID-19 pandemic spills into cyberspace, the world is grappling with an information explosion on social media. In our hyper-connected lives, the “infodemic” ignites fear and confusion in the real world. An unprecedented wave of misinformation is driving discrimination against Asian-looking people. Viral fake remedies online come with deadly consequences. Social media posts of panic buying fuel more stockpiling, depriving essential supplies from those who need it most. But the cyberspace also empowers people to harness the internet as a force for good, galvanising powerful movements to help those affected with a click of the mouse. We explore how social media has helped or hurt our fight against this new coronavirus and ask, which is the mightier enemy – the pandemic or the “infodemic”?
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