PMC:7795931 / 6733-7861 JSONTXT

{"project":"LitCovid-PubTator","denotations":[{"id":"51","span":{"begin":619,"end":625},"obj":"Species"},{"id":"52","span":{"begin":821,"end":827},"obj":"Species"},{"id":"53","span":{"begin":571,"end":579},"obj":"Disease"},{"id":"54","span":{"begin":722,"end":741},"obj":"Disease"},{"id":"55","span":{"begin":787,"end":795},"obj":"Disease"}],"attributes":[{"id":"A51","pred":"tao:has_database_id","subj":"51","obj":"Tax:9606"},{"id":"A52","pred":"tao:has_database_id","subj":"52","obj":"Tax:9606"},{"id":"A53","pred":"tao:has_database_id","subj":"53","obj":"MESH:C000657245"},{"id":"A54","pred":"tao:has_database_id","subj":"54","obj":"MESH:D003141"},{"id":"A55","pred":"tao:has_database_id","subj":"55","obj":"MESH:D007239"}],"namespaces":[{"prefix":"Tax","uri":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy/"},{"prefix":"MESH","uri":"https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/"},{"prefix":"Gene","uri":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/"},{"prefix":"CVCL","uri":"https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/CVCL_"}],"text":"For information blocking, studies have been conducted in theoretical [39,40,41], in empirical [42,43], in case studies [43,44], and other perspectives. These studies argued that, even if governments have the power to control information [45], they should not do that because free spread of information is essential to welfare-maximizing [38]. This argument is based on two underlying assumptions: (1) publishers are completely competitive to reach an equilibrium of disclosing accurate information; (2) there is no time constraint. These two assumptions do not apply for COVID-19 because, in the age of Internet media, people are not incentive compatible to spread accurate information. Moreover, such highly externalized infectious diseases caused by unknown viruses might have already infected a considerable amount of people before low-quality information is purified, so the government should not simply adhere to the tenet of not blocking information when facing an unknown health crisis [38]. As a result, we will discuss the complexity and diversity in information blocking and broaden current information control theory."}

{"project":"LitCovid-sentences","denotations":[{"id":"T39","span":{"begin":0,"end":151},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T40","span":{"begin":152,"end":342},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T41","span":{"begin":343,"end":531},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T42","span":{"begin":532,"end":686},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T43","span":{"begin":687,"end":998},"obj":"Sentence"},{"id":"T44","span":{"begin":999,"end":1128},"obj":"Sentence"}],"namespaces":[{"prefix":"_base","uri":"http://pubannotation.org/ontology/tao.owl#"}],"text":"For information blocking, studies have been conducted in theoretical [39,40,41], in empirical [42,43], in case studies [43,44], and other perspectives. These studies argued that, even if governments have the power to control information [45], they should not do that because free spread of information is essential to welfare-maximizing [38]. This argument is based on two underlying assumptions: (1) publishers are completely competitive to reach an equilibrium of disclosing accurate information; (2) there is no time constraint. These two assumptions do not apply for COVID-19 because, in the age of Internet media, people are not incentive compatible to spread accurate information. Moreover, such highly externalized infectious diseases caused by unknown viruses might have already infected a considerable amount of people before low-quality information is purified, so the government should not simply adhere to the tenet of not blocking information when facing an unknown health crisis [38]. As a result, we will discuss the complexity and diversity in information blocking and broaden current information control theory."}