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applegrove

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Mon Aug 16, 2021, 08:08 PM Aug 2021

Misinformation at Public Forums Vexes Social Media

Misinformation at Public Forums Vexes Social Media

August 16, 2021 at 7:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 40 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/08/16/misinformation-at-public-forums-vexes-social-media/

"SNIP.....

“Videos of local government meetings have emerged as the latest vector of COVID-19 misinformation, broadcasting misleading claims about masks and vaccines to millions and creating new challenges for internet platforms trying to balance the potential harm against the need for government openness,” the AP reports.

......SNIP"

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Misinformation at Public Forums Vexes Social Media (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2021 OP
Russians are wearing down British journalism by suing them whenever applegrove Aug 2021 #1

applegrove

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1. Russians are wearing down British journalism by suing them whenever
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 08:11 PM
Aug 2021

they report on Putin's regime. To make the editors 'shyer' on Russia some suspect. Maybe the same thing is going on here with bad actors flooding internet platforms to a point where the platforms start seeing less money it is so expensive to moderate.

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