NEW: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Instagram act on just 1 in every 20 posts reported to them for spreading anti-vaccine misinformation.
Our new report with @RestlessDev, Failure to Act, is published today. 👇 counterhate.co.uk/failure-to-act
Our new report with @RestlessDev, Failure to Act, is published today. 👇 counterhate.co.uk/failure-to-act
Volunteers with the Youth Against Misinformation project, trained by us and @RestlessDev, found and reported 912 misinformation posts to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram & Twitter.
Just 21 were removed, with 3 of the accounts removed and 21 flagged as false but left online.
Just 21 were removed, with 3 of the accounts removed and 21 flagged as false but left online.
Posts which Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube chose to leave online include false claims that vaccines:
❌ Cause autism and cancer
❌ Make you more susceptible to Covid-19
❌ Are used to “microchip” people
❌ Aren’t needed, as there are cures for Covid-19
❌ Cause autism and cancer
❌ Make you more susceptible to Covid-19
❌ Are used to “microchip” people
❌ Aren’t needed, as there are cures for Covid-19
In our July report, we found 409 anti-vaccine pages with a combined audience of 58 million.
Since then, just six have been removed, while the other pages have grown by another 1.5 million followers.
Since then, just six have been removed, while the other pages have grown by another 1.5 million followers.
This hurts the chances of success for a Coronavirus vaccine, which will need to be taken by the vast majority of the population in order to defeat the virus.
Social media’s failure to moderate its own platforms has a cost in lives.
#LiesCostLives
Social media’s failure to moderate its own platforms has a cost in lives.
#LiesCostLives
