Marketplace flagged over 800 social media posts with COVID-19 misinformation. Only a fraction were removed

Misinformation Social media

The world’s social media giants promised to crack down on harmful COVID-19 misinformation that has proliferated since the pandemic began, but a CBC Marketplace investigation found that when problematic posts were flagged, most weren’t labelled or removed. 

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