While it's true that medical misinformation and disinformation require a different strategy to counter than information deficit frameworks would suggest, I'm not sure how the proposed countermeasures would do anything more than blunt the spread of misinformation at the edges.https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1139570587909722114 …
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For instance, yes, cybersecurity measures could help blunt the amplification of antivax messages by bots and troll farms, but a lot of that is organic, from real people. Also, is anyone really going to use DDoS attacks against purveyors of medical misinformation? I'm confused.
10:33 AM - 14 Jun 2019
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