UPC (Unethical Paid Coverage): Fake News and Paid-For 'Planted' Articles Everywhere

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2021-10-10 13:29:08 UTC
Modified: 2021-10-10 13:29:08 UTC

More (recent): Naming and Shaming 'Captured' Publications That Knowingly and Intentionally Published Fake News About the EU's Unified Patent Court So Far This Week

UPC fake news

UPC fake news

UPC fake news

No, both Germany and the UK need to ratify and the UK cannot.

But the UPC!

Summary: Paid and unpaid puff pieces (P and U) are intended to accomplish nothing but to mislead people; it's the "Fake it Till You Make it" approach

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