Thread by @EPIDEMICpodcast

1/ @WhiteHouse has started pressuring social media companies to crack down on the spread of vaccine mis- & disinformation, specifically THE DISINFORMATION DOZEN, responsible for ~65% of vaccine misinformation, reported @donie for @CNNBusiness.
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2/ @CCDHate has identified the dozen super-spreaders of anti vaccine misinformation & called on @Facebook & @Twitter to shut down their accounts. Among the dozen is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who despite being deplatformed on @Instagram, is still active on FB with 300K followers.

3/ So far, CCDH has identified & helped deplatform 35 social media accounts tied to the dozen, losing them ~5.8M followers. 62 accounts with ~8.4M followers are still active.

4/ Deplatforming accounts is key to stopping the spread of disinformation. Here is @CelineGounder testifying before Congress, responding to a Senator @AmyKlobuchar’s questions about how to address misinformation:

5/ Facebook & other social media companies’ inadequate response to the spread of dangerous mis-/disinformation on their platforms has frustrated the Biden administration.

6/ “What they do is they find existing fissures in our society to cause a mini earthquake,” explained @imi_ahmed on how disinformation campaigns aim to divide Americans in E74 of @EPIDEMICPodcast.

7/ Listen to E74 of @EPIDEMICPodcast to hear more on how disinformation campaigns have targeted people of color & what @CelineGounder & guests @corintxt, @ProfHeidiLarson, @imi_ahmed & @mutalenkonde think legislators should do to address these bad actors. bit.ly/3olnIHW