Deplatforming on January 6th decreased the reach of misinformation

A new study published in Nature has found that deplatforming did not reduce harms of online misinformation on fringe users. It added that complementary effects in online social networks and news consumption were a natural experiment. “It’s hard to see how deplatforming can reduce the harms of online misinformation,” it stated. This comes days after Facebook removed fake news from its platform.