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YouTube bans anti-vaccine related content to fight against misinformation#AlphabetInc #COVID-19 #Facebook #Twitterhttps://t.co/qt1bQ8zPDj
— Business Upturn (@businessupturn) September 30, 2021
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YouTube to remove all anti-vaccine misinformation https://t.co/mGs25g2oAF
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 30, 2021
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Breaking News: YouTube is banning several prominent anti-vaccine activists as part of an effort to remove all vaccine misinformation from its platform.https://t.co/fBAy4aLxLN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 29, 2021
— KittyPooh (@KittyPo80176717) September 30, 2021
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NYT: YouTube said today that it was banning several prominent anti-vaccine activists from its platform, including the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as part of an effort to remove all content that falsely claims that approved vaccines are dangerous. https://t.co/xkkhW5T4xD
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) September 29, 2021
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New: YouTube is banning several prominent anti-vaccine activists, including Joseph Mercola, RFK Jr and Sherri Tenpenny, from its platform in an effort to remove all false content about immunizations. https://t.co/eF0YoN4djP
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) September 29, 2021
We'll have to see how YouTube handles its new misinfo policy in practice, but I'm a little skeptical. Determined anti-vaxx activists have always been able to exploit loopholes, and YouTube leaves some big ones up on its platform. (To be fair, *all* the platforms have loopholes.) pic.twitter.com/EyxI2UMq2l
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) September 29, 2021
A couple of the Disinformation Dozen are still on YouTube, however. Like Kelly Brogan and Christiane Northrup (not linking their channels here).
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) September 29, 2021
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NEW: Facebook bans Project Veritas for 3 days. pic.twitter.com/p1R2bCAAI8
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 29, 2021
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Facebook bans explicit antivaxx groups, but they don't ban groups for quack "cures" that antivaxxers push instead.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 24, 2021
So in the last couple of months, Ivermectin groups have become the new hubs for antivaxx messaging.
But there's a problem: Ivermectin, by itself, isn’t working.
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Meanwhile, popular anti-vaccine influencers remain live on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where they actively use the platforms to sell books or videos. https://t.co/WGzoBrE8TC
— snopes.com (@snopes) September 29, 2021
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Imagine how much they're going to freak out if Facebook bans them as well.
— Ray 😷ing in Richmond 🤔😳👉🍄 (@parallaxer) September 30, 2021
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