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NEW: Big Tech is profiting from an anti-vaxx industry that has grown to 58 million followers during Covid.

Now 31% of Brits and 41% of US respondents don't plan to get a Coronavirus vaccine.

⬇️ Our latest report ⬇️ #LiesCostLives counterhate.co.uk/anti-vaxx-indu…
Our new report identifies 409 anti-vaxx social media accounts with 58 million followers.

They are gaining millions of followers a month, growing by 19% during the pandemic. counterhate.co.uk/anti-vaxx-indu…
New polling from YouGov for our anti-vaxx report shows social media use and reluctance to vaccinate are linked.

It also reveals that 31% of Brits and 41% of Americans don’t plan to get a Covid vaccine – enough to make a vaccine ineffective. counterhate.co.uk/anti-vaxx-indu…
Big Tech decisions have enabled this anti-vaxx industry.

Last year they decided against removing anti-vaxx content and accounts.

It meant anti-vaxxers started the pandemic with 41 million followers. counterhate.co.uk/anti-vaxx-indu…
Big Tech is also breaking its promises not to profit from anti-vaxx.

Breathtakingly, we found an ad from the pro-vaccine @gatesfoundation on an anti-vaxx video on YouTube.

And both Facebook and Twitter allow ads to be targeted at anti-vaxxers. counterhate.co.uk/anti-vaxx-indu…
Our report exposes a sophisticated anti-vaxx ecosystem that bypasses weak controls imposed by platforms.

Anti-vaxx campaigners, entrepreneurs, conspiracists and groups all collaborate to push their narrative and in some cases profit from it. counterhate.co.uk/anti-vaxx-indu…
#LiesCostLives and it’s time Big Tech took responsibility.

That means no more profit from anti-vaxx accounts and content.

And criminal charges should be on the table where gross negligence causes serious harm. counterhate.co.uk/anti-vaxx-indu…
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THREAD: Ty and Charlene Bollinger are anti-vaxx entrepreneurs who promote the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy.

Our report exposes how they are using the social reach granted to them by Big Tech to launch a new anti-vaxx Super PAC ahead of the upcoming US elections. Image
The Bollingers run a network of accounts with 1.6 million followers.

It's an elaborate marketing funnel designed to sell books and DVDs about vaccines, cancer and Covid.

New signups get a free “Coronavirus field guide” that claims the disease is being used to push vaccines. ImageImageImage
But the Bollingers don’t just push anti-vaxx misinformation to their followers: they promote the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory too.

They claim that Trump is fighting the deep state and a global elite involved in child trafficking and paedophilia. ImageImageImageImage
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It's still happening: David Icke's toxic COVID-19 conspiracies were broadcast on social media this evening.

They appeared on the London Real @YouTube channel before switching to @DacastStreaming.

Posts on @Twitter, @Facebook and @Instagram ensured tens of thousands tuned in.
David Icke used his latest video to claim that:
❌ COVID-19 does not exist
❌ 5G is causing the illness
❌ Lockdown is "a global version of Nazi Germany"
This screenshot shows @YouTube handling $1,000s in donations for David Icke's latest COVID-19 conspiracy video.

It featured an interview with InfoWar's Alex Jones - who is banned from YouTube - discussing Icke's own ban from the platform.

This has to stop.
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As well as Katie Hopkins, we requested that @Twitter review George Galloway’s presence on their platform when we met them this week.

Galloway uses @Twitter to inculcate antisemitism. Here’s why @Twitter should remove him [THREAD]
Galloway uses @Twitter to promote antisemitic conspiracy theories that Israel is behind ISIS, Al Qaeda, problems facing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, and opposition to Galloway’s unsuccessful 2015 general election campaign.
Galloway used @Twitter to breach the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, by labelling the creation of Israel “a racist endeavour.” In the week of Holocaust Memorial Day, it evidences Twitter's toxicity that this tweet is still up.
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