WHO Initiative Would ‘Promote Desired Behaviors’ by Surveilling Social Media
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WHO Initiative Would ‘Promote Desired Behaviors’ by Surveilling Social Media

A new World Health Organization initiative asks member states to combat what the agency calls an ‘infodemic’ — an overabundance of information, “accurate or not,” that makes it difficult for people to “adopt behaviors that will protect their health and the health of their families and communities.” The World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing a…