Clumsy Social Media Campaign Against Coronavirus Misinformation May Have Drastically Reduced Public Awareness of Pandemic in Early February; Delayed Meaningful Preparation by Weeks : socialmedia
It was widely publicized in late January that social media companies including Facebook and Twitter were going to crack down on Coronavirus related misinformation. This effort by social media companies was unprecedented, with Consumer Reports saying in an article that “experts say their efforts appear more aggressive than any previous crackdown on false and misleading […]
