FAKE NEWS
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer reports it has informed Meta, the parent company of Facebook about alleged unauthorized use of its copyrighted logo by a page calling itself Apex Drive Malaysia.
According to the report in the Observer, this page through sponsored content has used the...
Baton Rouge, LOUISIANA — The problem of misinformation isn’t going away – and may be getting worse, in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Internet platforms like Facebook and X have taken some steps to curb its spread and say they are working on doing more. But...
(AP) — They have decried COVID-19 as a hoax, promoted unproven treatments and pushed bogus claims about the vaccine, including that the shots magnetize the human body.
The purveyors of this misinformation are not shadowy figures operating in the dark corners of the internet. They are a small but...
Apia, SAMOA — Concerns about fake news and the impact of social media in the Pacific Islands are some of the challenges that authorities in the region have to address.
Chairman of Policy and Regulation Forum for the Pacific, Charles Punaha, said this recently when discussing issues that will be...
(AP) — A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts:
NOT REAL: Hawaii’s Kilaueu Volcano Is Literally Raining...



![In this June 8, 2021, photo provided by the The Ohio Channel, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny speaks at a Ohio House Health Committee in Columbus, Ohio. The Cleveland-based osteopathic doctor testified that COVID-19 vaccines cause magnetism. “They can put a key on their forehead; it sticks,” said Tenpenny. [The Ohio Channel via AP] anti vaxer Dr. Sherri Tenpenny](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dr_spreading_misinfo_web.jpg?itok=m-CAE-2a)
![Charles Punaha concerned about Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal in the United Kingdom early 2018. [Samoa Observer] PNG's Charles Punaha concerned about Facebook–Cambridge Analytica](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fake_media_png.jpg?itok=zp1p2FG5)
