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Social media platforms urged to be more transparent about vaccine misinformation – SBS News
A new poll suggests most Australians fear unchecked online misinformation could impact COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
Most Australians fear online misinformation could discourage people from getting vaccinated for COVID-19 and want social media platforms to be more transparent about the extent of the problem, new polling suggests.
Reset Australia, an organisation working to counter digital threats to democracy, commissioned a YouGov poll of 1014 Australians to gage the level of concern about vaccine misinformation.
Eighty-five per cent of respondents thought misleading claims about coronavirus vaccines on social…
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