1/ @Facebook and @Instagram host anti-vaxx accounts with 40 million followers.
Facebook Group tools are being used to train new anti-vaxx activists.
@ChanZuckerberg claim to support vaccines. When will they act?
Facebook Group tools are being used to train new anti-vaxx activists.
@ChanZuckerberg claim to support vaccines. When will they act?
2/ Facebook helps anti-vaxxers groom activists.
Private Facebook groups offer training courses to hundreds of thousands of members.
New recruits can access training materials and track their progress.
Private Facebook groups offer training courses to hundreds of thousands of members.
New recruits can access training materials and track their progress.
3/ Recruits are taught how to groom new followers on social media and how to plant seeds of distrust.
4/ In one anti-vaxx Facebook Group, members received a 9-page briefing of misleading and false vaccine claims targeting African Americans.
The briefing included the widely debunked claim about a link between vaccines and autism.
The briefing included the widely debunked claim about a link between vaccines and autism.
5/ Facebook continues to host leading anti-vaxxers and their conspiracy theories.
The “anti-vaxx entrepreneur” Joseph Mercola recently shared a video containing conspiracies about Covid, vaccines and 5G.
The “anti-vaxx entrepreneur” Joseph Mercola recently shared a video containing conspiracies about Covid, vaccines and 5G.
6/ Facebook promised to stop accepting anti-vaxxer ads in October 2020.
But Facebook is still profiting from ads placed by leading anti-vaxxers such as David Wolfe and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., helping them gain followers and spread their messages.
But Facebook is still profiting from ads placed by leading anti-vaxxers such as David Wolfe and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., helping them gain followers and spread their messages.
7/ Instagram is where anti-vaxxers are growing fastest, gaining 4.3 million followers in 2020.
8/ Instagram hosts anti-vaxxers removed from other platforms including Facebook, which owns Instagram.
Anti-vaxxer, Del Bigtree’s, Highwire account was removed from Facebook in October, but is still posting on Instagram almost daily.
Anti-vaxxer, Del Bigtree’s, Highwire account was removed from Facebook in October, but is still posting on Instagram almost daily.
9/ Anti-vaxx misinformation, amplified by social media, threatens to prolong the pandemic, with more lives lost as a result.
Is this really how you want history to remember you, @SherylSandberg @Nick_Clegg @ChanZuckerberg?
Read our report for more: counterhate.co.uk/playbook
Is this really how you want history to remember you, @SherylSandberg @Nick_Clegg @ChanZuckerberg?
Read our report for more: counterhate.co.uk/playbook
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