As the rate of Covid-19 vaccination slows and cases rise again, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on tech platforms and the news media to take greater steps to combat misinformation.Appearing at the the White House briefing room, Murthy the role that social media plays as a super spreader of Covid-19 and vaccine disinformation.“Today we live in a world where misinformation poses and imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health,” Murthy said.On Thursday, Murthy issued a Surgeon General Advisory, reserved for urgent public health threats, on the dangers of health misinformation. (Read it here).
Included are a host of recommendations for tech platforms, including redesigning algorithms to avoid amplifying misinformation and take
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