Look, yes, it's hard but we can distinguish against self-serving, profit-driven quackery/actually dangerous advice *and* genuine scientific disagreement. WHO is not The Oracle; the science of a pandemic is evolving. WHO itself is evolving its views.https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1252715349079777280 …
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Platforms shouldn't fight the last war. If fighting misinformation and papering over all disagreement get conflated, we won't be in a good place. Have y'all ever seen the way real scientists argue things out? It's very different than quackery or selling vitamins to "cure" COVID.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Machine Pun Kelly
A quick clarification saying that will solve the problem. It’s not a minor concern—it was so hard to publicly contradict the WHO at first, even with evidence. I saw stuff taken down for advocating for masks because it got conflated with other things.https://twitter.com/kellyscaletta/status/1252736098268299265 …
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I get that. I couldn't find the video elsewhere, and be that as it may, I don't want trolls and anti-vaxxers to claim this mantle. There is an evidence-based anti-misinformation case against making WHO into The Oracle while also fighting the quackery.https://twitter.com/ilrosso_/status/1252742782453678080 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Machine Pun Kelly
She says the context is only fake cures, not WHO in general. Also, the original tweeter is clearly acting in bad faith, but I couldn't find the longer video. I will look it up and will either delete and retweet without the first video or better, be wrong!https://twitter.com/KellyScaletta/status/1252748921329397760 …
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1. I'm a he. 2. In the video she shared, in its context, she's talking about fake cures. It's literally right after she talks about fake cures. 3. There are plenty of videos criticizing WHO on YouTube, so CLEARLY you're allowed to contradict WHO. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=world+health+organization+wrong …
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Sorry! (I get a lot of he comments so karma). I'm going to take down the top tweet (found the longer video).
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No, no, I couldn't be happier to be wrong. I think they should still clarify, though. It's so easy for the moderators to go overboard.
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