American Medical Association asks tech companies to stop the spread of vaccine misinformation

With 228 cases of measles in the United States already this year, the American Medical Association has called on the CEOs of top technology companies to fight vaccine misinformation on their platforms. Even with measles outbreaks across the US, at least 20 states have proposed anti-vaccination billsDr. James Madara, executive vice president of AMA, penned a Wednesday letter to the heads of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube.

""We've put a lot of effort into curbing misinformation in our products -- from better Search ranking algorithms, to improving our ability to surface authoritative content, to tougher policies against monetization of harmful or dangerous content on YouTube," Google said.

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People ca believe whatever nonsense they want to. This is becoming a communist state

Liberals will darwin themselves out of existence.

You want to censor people and trample free speech. People have a right to believe anything they want, and to say anything they want, no matter how wrong-headed it may be. You fight inaccurate information with education--not censorship.

ahh, yes because censorship is always the answer. How about doctors do their fucking job and inform the public about the well research benefits and potential risks of the vaccines. I guess that just didn't occur to them...

Must be hurting their wallet

Could NASA also please ask them to stop the spread of flat Earth misinformation. Thanks.

But Jim Carrey says...

Telling those companies to stop spreading misinformation is like telling Tom Brady to stop winning. It's just what they do.

I want to report them but there isn’t a way to specifically indicate AntiVaxxer.

Herd Mentality: Everyone who don’t vaccinate is an idiot. Vaccines are safe!! Ok, explain why does the Federal govrmt need a “victims fund” Herd Mentality: everyone who don’t vaccinate is an idiot. Vaccines are safe!! Not an anti-vaxxer but people need to start thinking a bit.

How about all misinformation unless you are a parody account?

How about they put the complete results of testing up instead of only the good bits- oh yes, most vaccines don’t go through a double blind study- hmm

Cnn,you have shared some stories that are pro vaccinations,but never really explain why people like myself choose to be unvaccinated.its not cuz I think they cause autism, but for a reasons like preexisting health conditions and personal reasons. All of which are legal & safe.

Lol bumb liberals are going to darwin themselves out of existence.

No more misinformation!! This will not be tolerated!!

Tech companies stop spreading vaccine misinformation 🤥

Good! It’s literally going to kill lots of children if they don’t stop it.

Does America have a Surgeon General any more? This used to be the person who would step up and make a massive effort to _educate_ Americans on this issue.

I'm sure Amazon would be only to glad to help - so long as it would in some way help them flog even more tat. 🙄

Well, it actually sounds like the AmerMedicalAssn wants to silence different opinions on the effectiveness and safety of the different vaccinations. I have a friend who has been sick for 2 years because of a certain vaccine. And she is one of many, actually. VaccineInjury

LOL 🤢🤮🤑👿👺☠️🤡👽

And CNN, the leader in FAKE NEWS.

So they want censorship, right?

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