Facebook Cracks Down on Vaccine Misinformation

Facebook Inc. said Thursday it would make it tougher for vaccine skeptics to spread misinformation, amid criticism that the tech giant wasn’t doing enough to limit the proliferation of such content.

The company’s move follows similar efforts from other social-media firms, and rising interest from lawmakers about how best to tackle this issue. On Tuesday, an Ohio teenager testified before Congress that his mother believes the false claim that vaccines cause autism because of what she read on Facebook. Ethan Lindenberger, 18...

Facebook has reached its peak. It’s downhill from this point on....

jeremypmurphy Thank you God I don’t use FARSEBOOK !!! I don’t need them to recommend me what to read!

such a popular software would never lose any opportunity to ad spam🐔

The antivaccine movement is a prima facie example of how 'if enough people believe in _______ , it becomes 'true' for their society.'

Wow, not even 24 hours after I notified by buddy, the Zuck! Say what you will about their shit privacy rules, but they move fast on fakenews

It should add anything about the MTHFR gene to the banned list.

What IF antivaccine is not a hoax but true! If you are vaccinated, you are protected so no fear if infected!

I don’t care, I have deleted my Facebook. Such freedom!

People are so scientific... as if there is no such thing as random chance. One person who was vaccinated also happens to be autistic and “VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM!” Yeah sure, don’t pay attention to pollution and micro plastics etc etc though. Fkin morons

Ban all Facebook ads by not using Facebook.

Facebook stop pretend to be innocent 🖖

I have two brothers. One was vaccinated and is now autistic. My youngest brother was not vaccinated and he is not autistic. This is all the proof I need to know that vaccines cause autism. I plan on having 8 or 9 children myself, and will not get them vaccines.

Deleted that CIA social media spy tool.

Makes you wonder how much pharmaceutical companies just paid them.

The damage has already been done

They already do this anyway. Any alternative health stuff big pharma is very anti.

They need to be regulated. Period.

Can they tweek their algorithm so I stop getting add requests from strangers in the Philippines?

Programmed viruses injected into me or my family? No thanks.

rsanto7

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