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WHO welcomes Facebook pledge to curb anti-vaccine misinformation | Reuters

September 5, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Thursday it welcomed a commitment by Facebook that it would direct users seeking vaccine information on its Instagram, Facebook Search, Groups […]
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Pinterest’s new vaccine search will offer something rare on social media: facts | The Guardian

August 30, 2019

When Pinterest realized in 2018 that the search results for many health-related terms – such as “vaccines” or “cancer cure” – were polluted with non-scientific misinformation, the visual social media […]
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Dominik Stecuła

August 27, 2019
Amazon Removes Books Promoting Dangerous Bleach ‘cures’ For Autism and Other Illnesses

May 29, 2019

Amazon has removed more than a dozen books that unscientifically claim a homemade bleach, chlorine dioxide, can cure conditions ranging from malaria to childhood autism. The books include directions for […]
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