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Protecting the homeland from misinformation.
The Intercept has a big piece this morning about Homeland Security’s work reporting misinformation, which includes reporting false claims about the COVID vaccines and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan directly to Facebook for moderation.
On some level, this makes sense: the government has been public about fighting antivaxx claims, and the reported posts really were violating platform rules. Still, it’s hard not to be nervous when the US government takes an active role in limiting the spread of specific views.
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