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Episode: Facebook and Twitter Both Take Pointed Aim at Misinformation—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Description: Twitter and Facebook both took action when a news story that seemed potentially like a misinformation campaign started to go viral. This got them both in a lot of trouble! And it probably drove more people to the original story. But honestly, though Twitter’s response was a mess, I felt like Facebook handled it all pretty well.
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