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POV: Health Misinformation Is Rampant on Social Media (www.bu.edu)

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POV: Health Misinformation Is Rampant on Social Media::Monica Wang argues that health misinformation on social media is fueling the global anti-vaccination campaign and offers suggestions for how to combat it.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yep, my experience:

Reddit: decent with reports, they often act (on certain report types) and give you an update when something is done
Facebook/Instagram: most of the time there's no reply, and when there is a reply it's "doesn't violate anything". Only once or twice did I get something removed, and it was a stuff like direct threats to another user in the comment section
Google/YouTube: Never hear back about anything. The reports go straight into a trashcan for all I know

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Google/YouTube: Never hear back about anything. The reports go straight into a trashcan for all I know

I kept getting epoch times ads telling me how trans people were a threat to civilization. Kept reporting it and kept getting it. Finally in the report box I wrote that I am starting to call up Epoch times and yell at them about the YouTube ads now. The ads stopped, I am not sure if it worked or not, could be unrelated. If it happens again I will try.