The online anti-vaccine movement in the age of COVID-19
A new report by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has lambasted social media companies for allowing the anti-vaccine movement to remain on their platforms. The report's authors noted that social media accounts held by so-called anti-vaxxers have increased their following by at least 7·8 million people since 2019. “The decision to continue hosting known misinformation content and actors left online anti-vaxxers ready to pounce on the opportunity presented by coronavirus”, stated the report.
1 Oct 2020 ... The report noted that 31 million people follow anti-vaccine groups on Facebook, with 17 million people subscribing to similar accounts on ...