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Analysis through The Guardian suggests that anti-vaccination content on Facebook is booming.
The survey, the CrowdTangle research tool, focused on six UK-based Facebook pages, which the article knows as popular promoters of anti-vaccine content.
From July to August, interactions with vaccine publications on these six pages tripled from 12,000 to 42,000.
The pages consulted included a medicine of choice with 1. 9 million likes, a page protesting against blocking measures in the UK with 30,000 likes and a fan page for British conspiracy theorist David Icke with 22,000 likes.
The UK is experiencing a momentary wave of coronavirus infections lately. An August vote found that only 30% of Britons said they would definitely get a coronavirus vaccine once it became available, and some experts blame incorrect vaccine information and lack of confidence in the government for this. low figure.
Contacted through The Guardian, a Facebook spokesperson said his research reflected the platform.
“This research considers only a small pattern and is representative of our paintings in this space. Facebook allows destructive mis data on our platforms and we delete 7 million wrong data similar to Covid-19 between April and June, as well as messages shared with us. through the Guardian that violate our policies, ” they said.
Facebook has had trouble managing content related to the so-called “anti-vaxx” movement for years. In March 2019, it announced that it would take strong action against the content, banning all advertising against vaccines and degrading it to study results.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Facebook began creating fact-check maps about anti-vaccine content and the resolution prompted legal action through an anti-vaccination organization led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.