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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
Facebook has a misinformation problem, and is blocking access to data about how much there is and who is affectedHow big of a problem is misinformation on social media? Without key data, the picture is blurry.Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Leaked 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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