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In an op-ed, Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett illustrates how the coronavirus pandemic has shown that social companies have the ability to correct disinformation when they choose to

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Excerpt from Politico -- "The social media industry has risen to the occasion of the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have weeded out phony cures, banned exploitative advertisements, and steered users to authoritative health information. In two notable instances, Twitter has deleted tweets by Trump ally Rudy Giuliani and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro—both for spreading coronavirus misinformation."

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