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Owen, Laura Hazard. "While YouTube and Facebook fumble, Pinterest is reducing health misinformation in ways that actually make sense." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 Feb. 2019. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2019, Feb. 22). While YouTube and Facebook fumble, Pinterest is reducing health misinformation in ways that actually make sense. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/02/while-youtube-and-facebook-fumble-pinterest-is-reducing-health-misinformation-in-ways-that-actually-make-sense/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "While YouTube and Facebook fumble, Pinterest is reducing health misinformation in ways that actually make sense." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 22, 2019. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/02/while-youtube-and-facebook-fumble-pinterest-is-reducing-health-misinformation-in-ways-that-actually-make-sense/.
Wikipedia
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