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Anti-vaxxers can no longer raise money on GoFundMe

sudshr47 March 22, 2019

GoFundMe is cracking down on anti-vaxxers.

The popular fundraising website says it will no longer allow anti-vaccine groups and activists to raise money to spread anti-vaccination conspiracies on its platform, according to a statement provided to The Daily Beast.

“Campaigns raising money to promote misinformation about vaccines violate GoFundMe’s terms of service and will be removed from the platform,” said GoFundMe spokesperson Bobby Whithorne in a similar statement provided to Mashable.

The company’s policies state that “products that make health claims that have not been approved or verified” by regulatory bodies are prohibited from using its service. Read more…

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Why anti-vaxxer mobs go after pro-vaccine doctors online — and what to do about it

sudshr47 March 21, 2019

In 2017, Kids Plus Pediatrics, an independent medical practice in Pittsburgh, posted a 90-second video on its Facebook page encouraging parents to have their children vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection tha…

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Amazon helps fund anti-vaccination groups through charity program

sudshr47 March 5, 2019

Amazon is under fire again for helping spread anti-vaccine conspiracies.

Four major anti-vaccination groups — National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), Age of Autism, Learn the Risk, and Physicians for Informed Consent — are raising money through the Amazon’s charity fundraising program, AmazonSmile, according to a report by The Guardian.

Other anti-vaccine organizations such as American Citizens for Health Choice (ACHC), A Voice for Choice, Informed Consent Action Network, and the National Health Freedom Coalition are also included in the program.

Through AmazonSmile, customers can choose to donate 0.5 percent of their purchase price to a charitable group of their choice when shopping with Amazon. The fundraising initiative has donated more than $100 million to organizations such as St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Doctors Without Borders, and the ASPCA since it launched in 2013. Read more…

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YouTube pulls advertising from anti-vaccination videos

sudshr47 February 23, 2019

YouTube said Friday that it would pull advertising from videos that espouse anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, according to BuzzFeed. The action contributes to a growing trend of social media companies taking action to combat the spread of vaccine misinformation online.

Social media companies, including Facebook and YouTube, have recently been facing pressure to get better at this, following inquiries from media and calls from lawmakers. The World Health Organization recently categorized “vaccine hesitancy” as one of 2019’s top threats to global health.

The US is experiencing a measles outbreak — a previously near-eradicated disease — that’s affecting unvaccinated children. Social media has played a significant role in proliferating the false conspiracy that vaccines can cause autism. Read more…

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Facebook is rife with anti-vaccination conspiracy theorists manipulating scared parents

sudshr47 February 12, 2019

In the case of anti-vaxxer activity on Facebook, “going viral” can be deadly.
A new investigation from The Guardian has uncovered how Facebook is a hotbed of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories. It went inside private Facebook groups with hundreds of tho…