Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has recorded a podcast with a fitness personality who last month repeated an unfounded claim that “vaccines do indeed cause autism” and told his readers not to trust the fact-checking organization Snopes.
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A source familiar with the podcast taping who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly told NBC News that Dorsey and Greenfield did not broach vaccine safety on the podcast. The podcast won’t be released until later in the month. Vaccine misinformation has flourished online thanks to a community united by a widely debunked theory that childhood vaccinations cause myriad illnesses, including autism spectrum disorder. Those groups have also beenon major platforms that have rewarded controversial content. The success of vaccine misinformation campaigns and communities have led some parents to withhold or delay vaccinations, leading to an increase in the spread of preventable diseases.
“I bring this up to show how in my own personal life this misinformation reached my family. Not only that, it led to the people I care about being put at risk,"Twitter has thus far escaped the scrutiny leveled at other platforms when it comes to vaccine misinformation.
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