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Political Comments Can Amplify Fringe Movements
- Trump's offhand disinfectant comment was seized by bleach-cult proponents as endorsement and amplified their reach.
- Social platforms struggled to define enforcement lines between harmful calls-to-action and disputed claims.
Platform Moderation Leaves Dangerous Gaps
- Social platforms use narrow enforcement criteria that prioritize calls-to-action causing harm.
- This leads to inconsistent removal of harmful content and lets dangerous narratives persist.
Carrie Rivera Misreads A Wastewater Study
- Carrie Rivera repurposed a wastewater-bleach study to claim chlorine dioxide cures people and many diseases.
- She promoted MMS as safe for ingestion despite it being industrial bleach and medically dangerous.