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Can you show examples of the content that was flagged as misinformation?

Did the post only contain a link to the study and/or snippets? Did the person mispresent the results to push a different opinion? I'm not saying that happened but I'd like to see a post that was flagged.

EDIT: I also see you posted a link to the study not any censored comment? Why?



Try posting this link on Facebook or twitter and add a caption like "Not so sure children need to vaccinated for Covid" For fun I will post this on Reddit on /r/news or /r/health. Will see what happens.


That's misinformation, it's an opinion based on nothing


Why misinformation? Many European countries health experts agree with this statement and that is also the truth in these countries.


It is an opinion but it is not based on nothing. For example Norway has determined that they do not believe children ages 0-11 should be vaccinated against covid.

Sharing an opinion supported by some evidence (even if many may disagree) is not misinformation.


Where's the evidence in that hypothetical post and it's not true in all situations. The hypothetical doesn't specify details.


Example post or tweet would be something like:

“ Not so sure children need to vaccinated for Covid (https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/vaccination-of-childre...) “

Comment with supporting government documentation.


As someone who's engaged in vaccine discussions on Twitter, I've never seen a comment like that removed.




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