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NPR reports on Professor Ellen P. Goodman’s Proposal for Social Media Reform

Posted September 23, 2020, in News.

The idea is for social media to implement “circuit breakers” as exist in financial markets to slow down the viral spread of harmful conspiracy theories. Professor Goodman first generated the proposal, which was then taken up by the Center for American Progress.  Facebook is reportedly experimenting with the idea. 

Tags: disinformation, internet, social media

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