Evelyn Douek

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The Politics and Perverse Effects of the Fight Against Online Medical Misinformation

Platforms’ content moderation of medical misinformation has become one of this era’s biggest political controversies. This Essay traces how platforms’ choices during the COVID-19 pandemic became so politicized, and how the category “medical misinformation” cannot be used to skirt important questions about the legitimacy of platform power over public discourse.