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# Staff cuts make it difficult to fight online misinformation.
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/staff-cuts-make-it-difficult-to-fight-online-misinformation/
- Published: 2023-12-11T10:13:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:36:22.000Z
- Description: Big Tech is cutting back on its efforts to combat misinformation online. Google, Twitter and Meta are all cutting jobs that were supposed to keep the internet clean. The reduction in efforts to tackle disinformation is raising fears that trust online will erode even further, a...
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

Big Tech is cutting back on its efforts to combat [misinformation](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/digital-ethics-speaker/) online. Google, Twitter and Meta are all cutting jobs that were supposed to keep the internet clean. The reduction in efforts to tackle disinformation is raising fears that trust online will erode even further, as social media platforms come under increasing economic, political and legal pressure.

Read the full article on [The NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/technology/disinformation-moderation-social-media.html?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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