We need better legislation and enact laws that hold social media companies more accountable for the rampant flow of disinformation. It is adversely affecting our society and causing huge political rifts.
We need to give researchers the ability to better understand what is
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posted to social media platforms and give those researchers the access and tools they need to better understand the extent and scope of the problems faced by malicious actors using social media platforms to spread disinformation.
This is one of the most serious issues our
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society faces today and the problem will only grow until we enact legislation that gives researchers access to the immense amount of data going through these social media platforms.