Category: anti-vaxxers

Facebook is still running anti-vaccination ads despite ban

Post author By Randall
Post date January 8, 2020
Categories In anti-vaccine, anti-vaxxers, Facebook, gear, Internet, medicine, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, vaccination

[ad_1] The ads appear to violate Facebook policies that ban ads with claims debunked either by outside fact checking teams or “organizations with particular expertise,” including anti-vaccination content. In the case of these ads, the World Health Organization would be one of those groups. Earthley also promotes anti-vaccination myths through its public accounts and groups, […]

Facebook debuts new notifications to fight vaccine misinformation

Post author By Randall
Post date September 4, 2019
Categories In anti-vaxxers, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, medicine, pinterest, Politics, Tech, Twitter, vaccine, world health organization

[ad_1] But, the notifications don’t appear to completely prevent people from viewing anti-vaccination content. One screenshot the company shared with CNN shows that, at least on Instagram, individuals have the option to still see what other users have posted using a vaccine-related hashtag. This differs from Pinterest’s recently announced approach, in which the company has […]

Indiegogo will ban fundraising for anti-vaccination projects

Post author By Randall
Post date April 27, 2019
Categories In anti-vaccination, anti-vaxxers, ban, crowdfunding, gear, indiegogo, Internet, measles, medicine, Tech, vaccination

[ad_1] It’s not the first fundraising site to crack down. GoFundMe announced a similar ban in late March. However, Indiegogo’s move leaves anti-vaccination activists without another major source of income. This comes on top of another effort where Amazon pulled this latest documentary’s predecessor from Prime Video after an outcry. In all these cases, there’s […]