Misinformation Online Worsens Public Health: Report
The Straits Times|November 18, 2021
It also results in slower response to climate change and undermining of democracy
Misinformation Online Worsens Public Health: Report

NEW YORK Online misinformation has resulted in worsening public health, slower response to climate change and the undermining of democracy, according to a report from the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder that calls for sweeping reforms to address the threat.

The report recommends a broad framework of change that includes establishing a coordinated federal government approach to misinformation and disinformation, amendments to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, and greater platform transparency and action.

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