Facebook on Thursday rolled out a plan to combat anti-vaccine content after mounting public pressure.
In the face of this burgeoning crisis, studies and news reports have indicated that Facebook’s echo chambers have made the problem worse.
In a statement to the Washington Post last month, Facebook said that most anti-vaccination content didn’t violate its policies around inciting “real-world harm.” Simply removing such material, the company said, wouldn’t effectively counter fictional information with the factual. A Facebook spokesman told tech site the Verge that anti-vaccination pages were not removed because, “As with a lot of our integrity efforts, striking the balance between enabling free expression of opinion and ensuring the safety of the community is something we are fully committed to.”
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