Tech giants Google and Twitter are reportedly banning any ads that include the mention of “coronavirus” or “COVID-19” from their platforms. The ban extends to everyone on the platforms except for selected official sources.
Law schools around the country are working to delay the summer hiring process to protect students from the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Administrators from top law school programs are working with large law firms this week to adjust the traditional hiring timeline.
The government has bypassed parliamentary consent, enacting emergency measures that will allow women to perform abortions at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
GrubHub is facing accusations that it is using a promotional discount to take financial advantage of restaurants at a time when many food establishments are relying heavily on delivery services to stay afloat due to the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Multiple Harvard professors say their colleagues should just “trust” students not to cheat on their exams during the shift to online classes due to the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Two pranksters have caused concern after footage emerged of the men coughing on Swedish people while asking for directions to hospital.
Twitter has forced Fox News host Laura Ingraham to take down a tweet reporting on news that the malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine has been used to successfully treat sufferers of the Chinese virus in New York City hospitals.
An Australian astrophysicist was hospitalized with magnets stuck up his nose while trying to create a necklace that will warn people when they touch their face so that they don’t become infected with the Chinese virus.
Texas Tech University Professor Richard Wigmans told his colleagues in an email last week that he might “reconsider” his atheism if President Donald Trump died after contracting the Wuhan coronavirus.
Twitter took down two tweets from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, citing its policy against misinformation related to the Chinese coronavirus, despite refusing to take down misinformation from Chinese officials about the virus last week.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) published a press release about possible censorship by administrators at the University of California. Last week, the University of California cautioned students against the use of the term “Chinese virus.”
The Dutch government has recalled 600,000 medical masks imported from China to fight the Chinese virus after the masks were revealed to have defective filters.
Social media giant Facebook has pledged to invest $100 million in the news industry to promote journalism during the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
A University of Texas at Austin dean argued this week that the term “Chinese virus” is inspiring hateful acts against Asian-American students on campus.
Workers for the grocery delivery service Instacart are reportedly considering a strike as they worry about their safety as they try to meet online demand for grocery deliveries during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
According to a recent report, two hundred Amazon workers plan to walk out of the company’s New York City warehouse where seven workers have fallen sick with the Chinese virus in protest of poor safety measures.
The government of the United Kingdom was made aware three years ago that the National Health Service (NHS) would be overwhelmed in the event of a severe pandemic, yet it kept the findings secret from the public and failed to implement reforms before the coronavirus outbreak.
The British government is reportedly furious over the coronavirus misinformation campaign conducted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), leading to calls for the relationship between the two powers to be re-evaluated after the pandemic subsides.
Administrators at the University of Wisconsin, Madison condemned a series of “anti-China” chalk messages that appeared this week. One chalk message referred to the “Chinese virus” while another blamed the ongoing pandemic on the Chinese government. The University’s chancellor referred to the chalking as “racist behavior.”
The philanthropic arm of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s empire, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, has reportedly committed to $25 million to a research fund that aims to identify and develop treatments for the Wuhan coronavirus.
Business review siteYelp has paused a partnership with GoFundMe that automatically set up fundraisers for tens of thousands of small businesses after restaurant and bar owners complained.
The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom will begin treating coronavirus patients with plasma transfusions from those who have recently recovered from the Chinese virus.
Several youths in southern Spain attacked a convoy of ambulances carrying elderly patients with coronavirus, throwing rocks at the vehicles.
A local police force in the United Kingdom has established an online portal for members of the public to inform on people suspected of breaking national lockdown measures.
A dean at NYU’s Tisch School of Arts turned heads this week when she accompanied her refusal to refund tuition and fees to students with a two-minute video of her dancing to REM’s “Losing My Religion.” One student replied with an open letter, writing, “The video is not cute. It’s uncomfortable to watch, it goes on for too long, you end it by staring at the camera for a good eight seconds, none of it is working in the way you think it’s working.”
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently stated via social media that he had spoken with the Director General of the WHO to discuss the coronavirus outbreak and hinted that Amazon may deliver test kits globally.
A group of 400 cybersecurity volunteers from across the world has banded together as the “COVID-19 CTI League” to fight back against hacking related to the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
A video posted online and reported on by TMZ shows a delivery driver spitting on an Amazon package before delivering it to the recipient’s porch.
The Cheesecake Factory told its landlord this week that they will not be able to pay rent on April 1 due to the loss of business caused by the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. The Cheesecake Factory currently operates 294 locations in 39 states around the country.
Penn State announced this week that students will be permitted to change their spring semester grades after they receive them. The approach marks a substantial departure from grading policies also being adopted by universities and colleges around the country this week in response to the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Over 1,200 students and local residents have signed a petition that calls on Harvard University to turn its empty residential halls into homeless shelters during the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Yale University announced on Wednesday that it is canceling its annual spring commencement ceremony, scheduled for May, as a precautionary measure against the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.
A professor at Concordia University Texas has told her students to stop doing their coursework because she will be giving every student an A this semester due to the Chinese virus.
Filmmaker David Fincher created his own social network this week by conducting a surprise masterclass for 450 quarantined film students attending the National Film and Television School in Great Britain.
Left-wing director Rob Reiner emphatically declared on Tuesday that President Trump is “causing people in NY to DIE” as the coronavirus pandemic rages on in the United States.
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) suggested during a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday that the latest version of the economic relief package is minimally different from the original measure Democrats rejected.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has denied supporting notorious Chinese tech giant Huawei after his social media post appeared to praise the company in comparison to its American competitor, AT&T.
Unemployment benefits will reportedly be extended to groups including gig economy workers like Uber drivers based on a bipartisan deal struck this week.
The Islamic regime of Iran notified Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the global NGO dedicated to offering urgent medical care to countries in need, on Wednesday that it would withdraw approval of a shipment of medical aid to the country.
The University of California told students this week that it is inappropriate for them to use the term “Chinese virus.” The university released a set of guidelines that made the case that the term projects “hatred towards Asian communities.”
