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Elon Musk acusa Comissão Europeia de propor “acordo secreto ilegal” para censurar conteúdos no X

O empresário protagonizou uma troca acessa de palavras com figuras de proa da União Europeia, no X (antigo Twitter), após terem sido divulgadas conclusões preliminares de uma investigação aberta em

Agricultores na Dinamarca terão de pagar imposto pelo metano emitido pelo gado

Com uma taxa anual cobrada aos agricultores, o governo dinamarquês pretende combater a emissão de gases libertados pelo gado – nomeadamente o metano, encarado como um dos ‘culpados’ pelo aquecimento

Australian politician assumes that “there was no science behind” the measures to control the pandemic

At a meeting of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), the prime minister of the state of New South Wales, Dominic Perrottet, declared that “there was no science

Secretary of State for Education confesses that taking children out of school during the pandemic was a mistake

The British Education Secretary has revealed to the Express that stopping schooling for young people was a mistake and that he would do what he could to ensure that education

Italy enters state of emergency again, this time unrelated to Covid-19

The Council of Ministers met on 28th February 2022 at Palazzo Chigi. According to the Italian press , this state of emergency declared during the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia has nothing

Fake news about the effectiveness of masks spread by the media

Leading newspapers published fake news about the effectiveness of masks, based on a BMJ study. The titles speak of a substantial decrease in “Covid incidence”, but editors of the scientific

Protest by truck drivers against Covid measures gives rise to State of Emergency in Ottawa (Canada)

“Out of control” was what the mayor of Ottawa called the situation of the truck driver protests inside the Canadian capital, leading to the declaration of a state of emergency.

BMJ condemns censorship policy by Facebook fact-checkers

On the 3rd of November of 2021, Howard Kaplan, a retired Israeli dentist, posted a link to a BMJ research article in a private Facebook chat. The article reported bad

EU Ombudsman calls for transparency in case of exchanged messages between Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO

The European Union (EU) Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, asked for a clear and transparent explanation regarding the exchange of messages between Ursula von der Leyen and the executive chairman of pharmaceutical

Internet freedom in the world declines for the 11th consecutive year

For the 11th consecutive year, the environment for human rights online deteriorated in 30 countries this year. Only 18 countries registered net gains. Freedom on the Net is an annual

“Long-covid” associated essentially with infection beliefs

A team of researchers tried to ascertain how “believing you have been infected” and having “an infection confirmed after a blood test” relate to persistent physical symptoms. The conclusion was

CDC: Death certificates declare homicides, suicides and missing persons as Covid deaths

During 2020, 378,048 deaths in the US were attributed to Covid-19 on death certificates reported to CDC. Because the registration model was questioned and it was hypothesised that some deaths