The American Medical Association is asking tech companies — including Amazon, Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Twitter, and YouTube — to stop the spread of vaccine misinformation
With 228 cases of measles in the United States already this year, the American Medical Association has called on the CEOs of top technology companies to fight vaccine misinformation on their platforms. Even with measles outbreaks across the US, at least 20 states have proposed anti-vaccination billsDr. James Madara, executive vice president of AMA, penned a Wednesday letter to the heads of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube.
""We've put a lot of effort into curbing misinformation in our products -- from better Search ranking algorithms, to improving our ability to surface authoritative content, to tougher policies against monetization of harmful or dangerous content on YouTube," Google said.
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