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#Scamdemic, #Plandemic, #Scaredemic: What Parler Social Media Platform Tells Us about COVID-19 Vaccine

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  • 3/22/2021
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A study looked into the new social media platform Parler and its effect on vaccine misinformation. It found that users focused on refusal to get the vaccine, while some used hashtags to promote conspiracies and misinformation.

Discussion Questions

  1. Have you ever used Parler? 
  2. How successful do you believe this app could be?
  3. Do you see algorithms favoring misinformation on the platforms you use? What do they focus on the most? Who is the audience targeting?