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Antivaccine activity on Twitter: It’s not entirely what you think

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Twitter is a favorite place for antivaxers to promote their message. A recent study suggests how the antivaccine Twitter community has changed.

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Sayer Ji: Outraged that Google views “vaccine safety questions” to be akin to Pizzagate

Google vs. Sayer Ji

Sayer Ji is outraged by a “Google Document Dump” that allegedly shows that Google views antivaccine views as being similar to conspiracy theories like Pizzagate, QAnon, Holocaust denial, and the like. I’m surprised that, if these documents are real, Google actually “gets” what antivaccine views are.

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Larry Cook’s “Stop Mandatory Vaccination” page is about to be removed by Facebook

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After widespread pressure to repudiate anti-vaccine misinformation on the social media platform, Facebook announced on Thursday that it's taking several steps to tackle the issue.

Stop Mandatory Vaccination is one of the largest antivaccine groups on Facebook. This week its creator and administrator Larry Cook announced that Facebook is on the verge of deleting it. Is Facebook finally getting serious about anti vaccine misinformation on its platform?

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Facebook joins Google in deprioritizing medical misinformation: Are social media companies finally “getting it”?

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Yesterday, social media giant Facebook announced that it was acting against medical misinformation by using keyphrases to deprioritize results promoting misinformation and scams? Is it enough, and is it too late?

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Has Google finally adjusted its algorithm to deprioritize quack content? Dr. Mercola thinks so.

Google vs. Sayer Ji

Everyone’s favorite quack Joe Mercola is ranting about Google. It’s not surprising, given how Google has apparently deprioritized content from quack websites..