'The biggest mistake any us can make in these situations is to misinform, particularly when we’re requiring people to make sacrifices and take actions that might not be their natural inclination,” the former president said Thursday.
“No, air purifiers are not an effective way to protect yourself.”
But while fact checkers have worked furiously to debunk such claims, many of them still exist unchecked on popular social media platforms, according to anAfter examining 225 pieces of misinformation rated false or misleading, the researchers found that nearly 60 percent of the content remained on Twitter without a warning label, The Post’s Craig Timberg.
Meanwhile, Obama, who boasts a Twitter following of more than 115 million people, is actively fighting coronavirus misinformation online. In recent months, the former president has started posting to social media more regularly as part of an effort to spread factual information about the coronavirus along with stories about front-line workers and acts of human kindness during the pandemic, The Post’s David Nakamura
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