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From working on Capitol Hill to taking classes on congressional reporting, Georgetown University students often immerse themselves in the American political landscape.  In an increasingly digital age, however, the new threat of online misinformation has been growing and changing ways in which voters engage with issues and candidates on the internet.  With a contentious presidential...

From working on Capitol Hill to taking classes on congressional reporting, Georgetown University students often immerse themselves in the American political landscape.  In an increasingly digital age, however, the new threat of online misinformation has been growing and changing ways in which voters engage with issues and candidates on the internet.  With a contentious presidential...

From working on Capitol Hill to taking classes on congressional reporting, Georgetown University students often immerse themselves in the American political landscape.  In an increasingly digital age, however, the new threat of online misinformation has been growing and changing ways in which voters engage with issues and candidates on the internet.  With a contentious presidential...

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WASHINGTON—The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. It’s an unlikely role for the Food and Drug Administration, a sprawling, century-old bureaucracy that for decades directed most its communications toward doctors and corporations. But FDA Commissioner…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation.

The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. It’s an unlikely role for the Food and Drug Administration, a sprawling, century-old bureaucracy that for decades directed most its communications toward doctors and corporations. But FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf has spent…

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at a new health hazard: online misinformation.