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COVID-19 and misinformation : Is censorship of social media a remedy to the spread of medical misinformation?

Niemiec, Emilia LU orcid (2020) In EMBO Reports 21(11).
Abstract

Social media companies have resorted to censorship to suppress misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. This is not the most prudent solution though given the uncertainties about the disease.

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keywords
covid-19, misinformation
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EMBO Reports
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21
issue
11
publisher
Nature Publishing Group
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  • pmid:33103289
  • scopus:85093954612
ISSN
1469-221X
DOI
10.15252/embr.202051420
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English
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© 2020 The Author. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.
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