Those tuning into Covid-19 briefings on social media will find posts and videos accompanied by a flood of antivax sentiment. "I think there's real risk when we're talking about stuff like this, that we see everything as being an intentional disinformation campaign to do harm. Social media platforms had more work to do to address the discourse they were allowing, but no one should expect or want them to act as the arbiters of free speech, he said. But social media had allowed for misinformation on steroids with the platform's own algorithms facilitating that, he said. "Social media isn't like a window to look outside, it's more like having someone bring you things they think you want to see.

Source: Stuff November 08, 2021 07:30 UTC