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The online anti-vaccine movement in the age of COVID-19
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A new report by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has lambasted social media companies for allowing the anti-vaccine movement to remain on their platforms. The report's authors noted that social media accounts held by so-called anti-vaxxers have increased their following by at least 7·8 million people since 2019. “The decision to continue hosting known misinformation content and actors left online anti-vaxxers ready to pounce on the opportunity presented by coronavirus”, stated the report.
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- Authors
- Burki, T.
- Venue
- The Lancet Digital Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- e504-e505
- ISSN
- 2589-7500 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3087482290
- Cited by
- 323
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 84.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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