Accurate communication can be as important as the medical detective and laboratory work in preventing the spread of the disease because it prevents misinformation and rumors that can undermine confidence and produce panic in any outbreak.
Fundamentally, the problem that these companies face is that what most effectively keeps their costs down — using algorithms instead of people to curate content — isn't up to the task of preventing misinformation, especially in a crisis.
Explicit warnings before mentioning the misinformation so as to prevent the misinformation from getting reinforced.
But if access to reliable information is instead understood as preventing rumours, misinformation and speculation, thus maintaining Uganda's long-term social cohesion, then it is not a threat to government but rather in the interest of all.
The proposed plug-in or the app would help the user to make correct decisions while forwarding messages and thus prevent large scale misinformation cascades.
Every opportunity it got to say it took down some misinformation or "inauthentic behavior," it took it — a mea culpa for its role in failing to prevent the spread of misinformation during the 2016 presidential election, or a cheap way to get some quick, positive headlines?
The presidential spokesman Zaw Htay said Myanmar was "releasing correct news immediately" to prevent the spread of misinformation.
