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Council leader calls for action over misinformation on social media

Sat, 05 Jun 2021


David Christian has spoken out about the damage caused by the spread of fake news on social media.

The leader of Douglas Council claims untruths are putting people off politics and that personal abuse takes its toll on the families of those targeted.

Mr Christian wants to see sites such as Facebook policed better to stamp out misinformation.

He was speaking to Local Democracy Reporter Chris Cave:


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