{"id":34893,"date":"2022-07-28T17:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T17:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/?post_type=policy&#038;p=34893"},"modified":"2022-10-13T21:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T21:07:34","slug":"how-are-platforms-responding-to-this-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"policy","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/how-are-platforms-responding-to-this-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"How Are Platforms Responding to This Pandemic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This report monitors how major digital platforms like Twitter and Google respond to the pandemic crisis and analyzes their various approaches, helping policymakers, media, and the public to better explore what platforms are doing to combat the rising \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/615184\/the-coronavirus-is-the-first-true-social-media-infodemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">infodemic<\/a>\u201d \u2014 a dangerous onslaught of misunderstandings, inaccurate data, and lies about the coronavirus spread rapidly online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pandemic-Misinformation-Report.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Pandemic Misinformation Report..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5a660214-8160-45cc-9bc3-6f55484d93fb\" href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pandemic-Misinformation-Report.pdf\">Pandemic Misinformation Report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pandemic-Misinformation-Report.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5a660214-8160-45cc-9bc3-6f55484d93fb\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[18,20],"tags":[11,14],"class_list":["post-34893","policy","type-policy","status-publish","hentry","category-papers-and-reports","category-pk-thinks","tag-content-moderation","tag-platform-regulation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Are Platforms Responding to This Pandemic? 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