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Big tech has a vaccine misinformation problem – here's what a social media expert recommends

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Omura-Saxena Professor of Responsible AI, Michigan State University
Big tech has a vaccine misinformation problem – here's what a social media expert recommendsMisinformation on social media is hindering efforts to vaccinate people against the coronavirus.Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

With less than half the United States population fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and as the delta variant sweeps the nation, the U.S. surgeon general issued an advisory that called misinformation an...

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