NEW: Today anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is debuting a propaganda film targeting African Americans.
@Facebook, @Instagram, @YouTube and @Twitter are all giving Kennedy platforms on which to promote this film.
Lies cost lives - they must act NOW.
@Facebook, @Instagram, @YouTube and @Twitter are all giving Kennedy platforms on which to promote this film.
Lies cost lives - they must act NOW.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new anti-vaccine film is called "Medical Racism: The New Apartheid".
It links vaccines to "systemic racism in medicine".
It's being hosted on the website of Kennedy's anti-vaccine campaign, Children's Health Defense.
It links vaccines to "systemic racism in medicine".
It's being hosted on the website of Kennedy's anti-vaccine campaign, Children's Health Defense.
Kennedy promotes claims that vaccines injure African Americans.
Last year he claimed that "people with African blood react differently to vaccines than people who are Caucasian."
Last year he claimed that "people with African blood react differently to vaccines than people who are Caucasian."
Spreading anti-vaccine propaganda targeting African Americans is not permitted under social media platforms’ rules.
So Kennedy is inciting his supporters to share a bank of ready-made memes that claim pharmaceutical companies are "targeting blacks and latinos".
So Kennedy is inciting his supporters to share a bank of ready-made memes that claim pharmaceutical companies are "targeting blacks and latinos".
But while Kennedy is not personally promoting his anti-vaccine film targeting African-Americans, his Children's Health Defense organisation is.
@Instagram posts promoting the film have amassed thousands of likes in recent days.
@Instagram posts promoting the film have amassed thousands of likes in recent days.
Kennedy produced his new anti-vaccine propaganda film alongside Tony Muhammad, a Nation of Islam minister.
Muhammad has spent years ranting about "wicked Jews" and "the Jewish controlled media", claiming Jews are plotting to "control" African Americans.
Muhammad has spent years ranting about "wicked Jews" and "the Jewish controlled media", claiming Jews are plotting to "control" African Americans.
Tech giants have given Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a platform to spread vaccine misinformation, allowing him to amass millions of followers.
Enough is enough - @Facebook, @Instagram, @YouTube and @Twitter must no longer host anti-vaxx lies that put African American lives at risk.
Enough is enough - @Facebook, @Instagram, @YouTube and @Twitter must no longer host anti-vaxx lies that put African American lives at risk.
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