Facebook has a misinformation problem, and is blocking access to data about how much there is and who is affected
- Written by Ethan Zuckerman, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication, and Information, University of Massachusetts Amherst
How big of a problem is misinformation on social media? Without key data, the picture is blurry.Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesLeaked internal documents suggest Facebook – which recently renamed itself Meta – is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on the Facebook social media platform.
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