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WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Facebook 'failing' to tackle COVID-19 misinformation posted by prominent anti-vaccine group, study claims
Charday Penn/iStock(NEW YORK) -- At least until June 2021, Facebook had significant gaps in its efforts to tackle COVID-19 misinformation from one of the most prominent anti-vaccine groups in the world, according to a study from ISD Global, a U.K.-based think tank that studies polarization, extremism and misinformation. During the first year of the pandemic, Facebook pages associated with the World Doctors Alliance -- an anti-vaccine group whose members regularly post false information about COVID-19 -- ballooned in popularity, according to ISD Global, despite consistent breaches of Facebook&#...
Facebook is "failing" to tackle COVID-19 misinformation posted by prominent anti-vaccine group, a study claims.
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