The campaign against vaccines is sometimes called a “movement”, but with the help of tech giants it has become a billion dollar industry, in which ideologues, hucksters and tech giants benefit from each other.
That is the central finding of the new report from my organisation, the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
So how does it all work? Take Californian huckster and conspiracy theorist, David ‘Avocado’ Wolfe. Wolfe is not a medical doctor, but Facebook broadcasts his health advice to more than 12 million followers, who go on to broadcast that to millions more.
He posts this free advice for a simple reason: he wants to sell his range of paid-for wellness seminars and nutritional supplements. Wolfe is also an anti-vaccine campaigner or “anti-vaxxer”.
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Source: It’s time the tech giants cracked down on the anti-vaxx infodemic
