Facebook and Twitter must do more to fight anti-vaccine misinformation, a dozen state attorneys general demand

Social media CEOs hedge on whether they'd boot the 12 anti-vax 'super spreaders' cited by states' attorneys general

On Wednesday, a coalition of a dozen state attorneys general called on Facebook and Twitter to step up their enforcement of their community guidelines to curtail the spread of Covid-19 vaccine misinformation on their platforms. In today's House hearing on disinformation and extremism, Twitter and Facebook's CEOs, along with Google CEO Sundar Pichai, were directly asked if they would be willing to take down these 12 accounts.

Over 60% of anti-vax content on Twitter, Facebook originates from 12 people, study shows

Many of the individuals continue to hold active accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, despite violating the platforms' rules against false or misleading information about the coronavirus.

Just 12 people are responsible for '73% of Facebook's anti-vaxx content': study

A new study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate has found that just twelve people are responsible for the majority of anti-vaxx content found on major social media platforms.The CCDH's latest report (.pdf) names people who are in a group that it has labeled the "Disinformation Dozen" who are responsible for 73 percent of the anti-vaxx content found on Facebook and whose content has been shared hundreds of thousands of times across the pl…

Report: Most anti-vaccine misinformation on social media linked to 12 people

CCDH in its report is urging social media companies to deplatform the Disinformation Dozen to stop dissemination of harmful information.

Facebook, Twitter Must Do More to Stop COVID-19 Anti-Vaxxers: US States

Facebook and Twitter were called upon to enforce their own community guidelines by removing or flagging vaccine misinformation.

Facebook and Twitter must do more to fight anti-vaccine misinformation, attorneys general say

A coalition of 12 state attorneys general on Wednesday will send a letter to Facebook and Twitter, pressing them to do more to ensure that online falsehoods are not undermining efforts to vaccinate the public against the novel coronavirus.