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Social media companies are taking steps to tamp down coronavirus misinformation – but they can do more

  • Written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Social media companies are taking steps to tamp down coronavirus misinformation – but they can do moreFacebook, the least trusted tech company, has taken the lead in fighting coronavirus misinformation.AP Photo/Ben Margot

As we practice social distancing, our embrace of social media gets only tighter. The major social media platforms have emerged as the critical information purveyors for influencing the choices people make during the expanding...

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