As misinformation flourished online during the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of platforms announced policies and practices aimed at combating the spread of misinformation. Did those efforts work? New research published today in Science Advances suggests that the Covid-19 vaccine misinformation policies of Facebook, the world's largest social media platform, were not effective in combating misinformation. The study, led by researchers at the George Washington University, found that Facebook's efforts were undermined by the core design features of the platform itself.

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