Vietnamese fact-checkers appear on John Oliver show

A still shows John Oliver lauding the efforts of fact checkers among the Vietnamese community in the U.S. in his "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" show.

Television host John Oliver took aim at misinformation among the Vietnamese diaspora in the U.S., stressing how social media have perpetuated harmful content while lauding fact-checking efforts.

In a "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" episode Monday, Oliver, whose show helped make a Vietnamese public announcement song on Covid-19 go viral last year, highlighted how misinformation is spreading among the immigrant diaspora in the U.S., and more worryingly, how there has been little content monitoring efforts to fight misinformation in languages other than English.

"Sometimes the spread of misinformation is exacerbated by the fact that for many diaspora communities here in the U.S., there just aren't many alternatives in their own languages.

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