Education isn't just about offering up new information, it is also about battling misinformation, which somehow manages to sneak into everything.
Since the News Feed is both the primary driver of Facebook's mission to connect people, and the source of much of its ad revenue, battling misinformation is critical to its public perception, even if the company says fake news makes up only a tiny fraction of what's shared.
But since it was first set up to deliver a new building for 750-800 worshippers 14 years ago, the Dudley Muslim Association DMAA) has been forced to run the gauntlet of political fights, legal battles and misinformation, amid increasingly vitriolic anti-mosque campaigns run by far-right groups.
It is an unrelentingly tough disease to control and care for, and constantly battling stereotypes and misinformation makes it even tougher.
In the opinion of many, only better education can battle the damaging stereotypes, misinformation, and disturbing practices associated with AIDS.
There is the odd happy tale of reunited families, but for many it has been a battle against taboos and misinformation.
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I'm tired of misinformation and The Battle Cry, and while wolves will undoubtedly remain The Bogey Monster for the foreseeable future, it would be refreshing to see the same groups that energetically demonize wolves in the name of elk decry slob-hunters with the same gusto in the name of elk.
Campaigners constantly battle against the misconceptions, moralising and misinformation that has shaped the country's approach to drugs.
As the death toll from the latest outbreak of the world's deadliest virus climbed to 467 – far exceeding the previous most lethal outbreak which killed 254 people in Congo – officials and health workers are battling a surge of infections propelled by misinformation and doubt about the disease's existence on one side, and mistrust of scandal-hit governments on the other.
