{"id":3523,"date":"2021-11-02T00:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/02\/facebook-failing-to-protect-users-from-covid-misinformation-says-monitor\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T00:40:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:40:43","slug":"facebook-failing-to-protect-users-from-covid-misinformation-says-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/02\/facebook-failing-to-protect-users-from-covid-misinformation-says-monitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook failing to protect users from Covid misinformation, says monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty accounts and groups tracked by NewsGuard gained more than 370,000 followers over past year <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-live\/latest\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Misinformation and sceptical views about Covid-19 and vaccines has been allowed to spread on more than a dozen Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages and groups that together have gained 370,000 followers over the past year, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The misinformation and promotion of vaccine hesitancy includes posts in Facebook groups claiming that children are being \u201cmurdered by the experimental jab they\u2019re being pressured to take\u201d, and an Instagram account promoting a documentary by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/sep\/29\/youtube-to-remove-misinformation-videos-about-all-vaccines\">Andrew Wakefield<\/a>, one of the key figures in promoting discredited links between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/jul\/07\/kenya-in-rush-to-vaccinate-4m-children-as-measles-cases-surge\">MMR<\/a> inoculation and autism.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/nov\/02\/facebook-failing-to-protect-users-from-covid-misinformation-says-monitor\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fc929ce5a5d8acd73642a675e21b8a7b9bf9182a\/783_0_2537_1522\/master\/2537.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f26903024996dfe02937f8b4a283e3ba\" title=\"Facebook failing to protect users from Covid misinformation, says monitor\" \/>Twenty accounts and groups tracked by NewsGuard gained more than 370,000 followers over past year <\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nSee all our coronavirus coverage<\/p>\n<p>Misinformation and sceptical views about Covid-19 and vaccines has been allowed to spread on more than a dozen Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages and groups that together have gained 370,000 followers over the past year, according to a report.<br \/>\nThe misinformation and promotion of vaccine hesitancy includes posts in Facebook groups claiming that children are being \u201cmurdered by the experimental jab they\u2019re being pressured to take\u201d, and an Instagram account promoting a documentary by Andrew Wakefield, one of the key figures in promoting discredited links between MMR inoculation and autism. 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