Anti-Vaccine Disinformation Still Going Strong on Social Media: Report
Researchers at the Center for Countering Digital Hate and Anti-Vax Watch say the majority of disinformation comes from just a handful of purveyors.
Researchers at the Center for Countering Digital Hate and Anti-Vax Watch say the majority of disinformation comes from just a handful of purveyors.
As election conspiracy theories strayed far afield, a wild and baseless rumor that U.S. Army Special Forces (“the Kraken”) raided a “CIA server farm” in Frankfurt, Germany spread from social media corners into the national discourse.
A well-known “natural” blog added to its list of conspiracy theories in a post even it admitted had no proof.
A United States Marine Corps directive led to a fresh tide of online bilge attempting to convince readers to be ready for a nonexistent armed insurrection… again.
Politicians and blogs pushing “natural” medicine have tried to distort actual scientific findings about climate change.
In January 2019, the Facebook page “Herbs, Health, and Happiness” shared a Natural News item titled “Growing vegetables in your own yard now confirmed as a criminal offense by Florida courts … INSANITY is now LAW.” The share racked up plenty of engagement, primarily among people chagrined that the government had outlawed gardening in one’s own …
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