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COVID-19 and misinformation: Is censorship of social media a remedy to the spread of medical misinformation?
Article in EMBO reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Social media information and its association with the adoption of COVID-19 preventive measures in four Latin American countries.The review of communication · 2023Article
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- Managing urban citizens' panic levels and preventive behaviours during COVID-19 with pandemic information released by social media.Cities (London, England) · 2022Article
- The pharmaceutical industry is dangerous to health. Further proof with COVID-19.Surgical neurology international · 2022Review
- Equipping Students and Beyond with Sound COVID-19 Knowledge to Survive and Thrive Despite the Pandemic.Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Association for Information Science and Technology · 2022Article
- Physicians' Role in the COVID-19 Infodemic: A Reflection.Southern medical journal · 2021Article
- Education alone is insufficient to combat online medical misinformation.EMBO reports · 2021Article
- Optimizing Decision-Making Processes in Times of COVID-19: Using Reflexivity to Counteract Information-Processing Failures.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- How to Make Health and Risk Communication on Social Media More "Social" During COVID-19.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Perception Among Saudi Arabian Population About Resharing of Information on Social Media Regarding Natural Remedies as Protective Measures Against COVID-19.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Lies, damn lies and social media.EMBO reports · 2020Article
- COVID-19 and misinformation: Is censorship of social media a remedy to the spread of medical misinformation?EMBO reports · 2020Article
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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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