Facebook Is Reducing Anti-Vax Misinformation On The News Feed And Blocking It From Ads
last week asking Amazon to reconsider featuring anti-vax content on its website, the company appears to have since removed anti-vaccination documentaries from Amazon Prime Video search results.
Many of Facebook’s current tools for moderating misinformation and harmful content rely on the platform's flagging system, which somefor being too simplistic. And one of the flagging system's specific shortcomings, when it comes to moderating anti-vax communities, is that the admins of anti-vaccination groups are unlikely to flag any sort of anti-vaccine content as “false news.
The Stop Mandatory Vaccination page, for example, features links to"Pages Liked by This Page," which include"Rhode Islanders for Vaccine Choice,""National Vaccine Information Center" , and"Briar's Journey After HPV Vaccine Injury," which claims a young girl's health has deteriorated after getting an HPV vaccine.
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