The Most Popular J&J Vaccine Story On Facebook? A Conspiracy Theorist Posted It
3 years, 8 months ago

The Most Popular J&J Vaccine Story On Facebook? A Conspiracy Theorist Posted It

NPR  

The Most Popular J&J Vaccine Story On Facebook? The most popular link on Facebook about the Johnson & Johnson news was shared by a conspiracy theorist and self-described "news analyst & hip-hop artist" named An0maly who thinks the pandemic is a cover for government control. Sponsor Message "This is what I would call the perfect storm for misinformation," said Jennifer Granston at Zignal Labs, a media intelligence platform. An0maly, the influencer with the widely shared posting about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, shared a CNN story with a misleading caption to his 1.5 million Facebook followers. Sponsor Message Now, Roberts said, whenever the CDC comes out with guidance about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, health officials will be fighting ingrained doubts.

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Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism

Raw Story  

More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health accomplishments in recent memory. In a recent tour with former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson, Kennedy …

Column: How a blunder by a respected medical journal is fueling an anti-vaccine lie
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: How a blunder by a respected medical journal is fueling an anti-vaccine lie

LA Times  

The paper published by the respected British Medical Journal earlier this month was eye-opening, to say the least. Its language alluding to “serious concerns” about the impact of vaccines and “containment measures” such as lockdowns on excess deaths was transmogrified into the Telegram’s headline stating that “Covid vaccines may have helped fuel rise in excess deaths” and similar language in …

Social media posts misconstrue the efficacy of vaccines for flu, measles, mumps and rubella
54 years, 11 months ago

Social media posts misconstrue the efficacy of vaccines for flu, measles, mumps and rubella

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Vaccines for the flu, measles, mumps and rubella were developed decades ago, yet the diseases haven’t been eradicated, proving that the immunizations don’t work. Mumps hasn’t been as thoroughly eliminated in the country as those two diseases because the vaccine’s protection wanes over time and isn’t lifetime, as it is with measles and rubella, says William Schaffner, a spokesperson …

America's antivaxx crisis laid bare: A QUARTER believe MMR shot causes autism and a THIRD think the Covid vaccines killed thousands, poll finds
1 year, 4 months ago

America's antivaxx crisis laid bare: A QUARTER believe MMR shot causes autism and a THIRD think the Covid vaccines killed thousands, poll finds

Daily Mail  

The Kaiser Family Foundation surveyed 2,007 adults in an online poll this year America's growing anti-vaxx crisis has been laid bare in a national poll that shows huge chunks of the country believe in conspiracy theories about safe shots. The Kaiser Family Foundation poll also found that a third of adults believe that the Covid shots caused thousands of sudden …

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on inconsistencies in RFK Jr.'s record
1 year, 4 months ago

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on inconsistencies in RFK Jr.'s record

Associated Press  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as a Democrat against President Joe Biden, tells many stories on the campaign trail about himself, his life’s work and what he stands for that are the opposite of what his record actually shows. Here are the key takeaways from the AP’s reporting: KENNEDY’S ANTI-VACCINE RECORD Kennedy told a congressional committee this month: …

Fox News promotes conspiracy theory linking Bronny James collapse to Covid vaccine
1 year, 4 months ago

Fox News promotes conspiracy theory linking Bronny James collapse to Covid vaccine

The Independent  

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Jamie Foxx's representative sets the record straight on Covid-19 vaccination row. Here's all you need to know
1 year, 6 months ago

Jamie Foxx's representative sets the record straight on Covid-19 vaccination row. Here's all you need to know

Hindustan Times  

In a twist of events, a spokesperson for Jamie Foxx has stepped forward to quash a baseless rumor that the actor suffered paralysis and blindness due to a COVID-19 vaccine. Citing an unnamed source, Benza claimed that Foxx suffered a blood clot in his brain after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, resulting in partial paralysis and blindness. One conservative commentator, Charlie …

Hamlin’s collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation
1 year, 11 months ago

Hamlin’s collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Unfounded claims about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines proliferated in the hours and days after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during Monday’s game, revealing how pervasive vaccine misinformation remains three years after the pandemic began. Peter McCullough, a Dallas cardiologist and outspoken vaccine critic, amplified the theories on a Fox News segment hosted by Tucker Carlson on …

Covid misinformation is everywhere
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid misinformation is everywhere

CNN  

New York CNN Business — The information landscape about Covid-19 is bewildering, with factual and fictional claims competing for attention. “Most commonly,” the report’s authors wrote, “six in ten adults have heard that the government is exaggerating the number of Covid-19 deaths by counting deaths due to other factors as coronavirus deaths and either believe this to be true or …

Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In March, as claims about the dangers and ineffectiveness of coronavirus vaccines spun across social media and undermined attempts to stop the spread of the virus, some Facebook employees thought they had found a way to help. “It drives attention and attention equals eyeballs and eyeballs equal ad revenue.” In an emailed statement, Facebook said it has made …

Facebook is having a tougher time managing vaccine misinformation than it is letting on, leaks suggest
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook is having a tougher time managing vaccine misinformation than it is letting on, leaks suggest

CNN  

New York CNN Business — In public, Facebook has touted the resources it has dedicated to tackling Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation, even scolding US President Joe Biden for his harsh criticism of the company’s handling of the issue. “We have no idea about the scale of the problem when it comes to comments,” an internal research report posted to Facebook’s …

Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims
3 years, 2 months ago

Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims

Associated Press  

YouTube announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation Wednesday that booted popular anti-vaccine influencers from its site and deleted false claims that have been made about a range of immunizations. Despite tech companies announcing a string of new rules around COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation during the pandemic, falsehoods have still found big audiences on the platforms. Facebook, which also owns …

Facebook misinformation posts get six times more engagement than genuine news, finds study
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook misinformation posts get six times more engagement than genuine news, finds study

India Today  

Facebook users liked, shared, and interacted six times more with misinformation posts on the platform as compared to genuine news sources, a new study has found. "The study helps add to the growing body of evidence that, despite a variety of mitigation efforts, misinformation has found a comfortable home - and an engaged audience - on Facebook," the report quoted …

Facebook's Most Viewed Article In Early 2021 Raised Doubt About COVID Vaccine
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook's Most Viewed Article In Early 2021 Raised Doubt About COVID Vaccine

NPR  

Facebook's Most Viewed Article In Early 2021 Raised Doubt About COVID Vaccine Enlarge this image toggle caption Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images A news story suggesting the COVID-19 vaccine may have been involved in a doctor's death was the most viewed link on Facebook in the U.S. in the first three months of the year. …

Let’s Keep the Vaccine Misinformation Problem in Perspective
3 years, 4 months ago

Let’s Keep the Vaccine Misinformation Problem in Perspective

Wired  

With Covid cases surging in parts of the United States and vaccinations proceeding at a crawl, all eyes are on social media platforms. Then, late last week, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota introduced a bill that would strip away Section 230 immunity for vaccine content promoted by social media algorithms. As my former colleague Daniel Engber recently pointed out in …

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 5 months ago

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two recent exchanges in recent days on Fox News Channel’s popular morning show, “Fox …

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 5 months ago

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When Dr. Alexa Mieses Malchuk talks to patients about the COVID-19 vaccine, she tries to feel out where they get their information from. Two recent exchanges in recent days on Fox News Channel’s popular morning show, “Fox & Friends,” illustrated the mixed messaging. “That’s a good reason.” Doocy, arguably Fox’s most influential figure arguing in favor of …

With pandemic worsening in US, surgeon general worried
3 years, 5 months ago

With pandemic worsening in US, surgeon general worried

Associated Press  

The U.S. surgeon general said Sunday that he’s concerned about what lies ahead with cases of COVID-19 increasing in every state, millions still unvaccinated and a highly contagious virus variant spreading rapidly. And while, if you are vaccinated, you are very well protected against hospitalization and death, unfortunately that is not true if you are not vaccinated,” Murthy said on …

Facebook slams Joe Biden after he claimed they were 'killing people' with COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook slams Joe Biden after he claimed they were 'killing people' with COVID-19 misinformation

Daily Mail  

Facebook has defended itself against U.S. President Joe Biden's assertion that the social media platform is 'killing people' by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate. Zuckerberg V Biden: Facebook has hit back at President Biden after he accused the company of 'killing people' by allowing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine to circulate on its platform Facebook has defended itself …

Joe Biden says Facebook is 'killing people' by carrying COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Joe Biden says Facebook is 'killing people' by carrying COVID-19 misinformation

ABC  

US President Joe Biden said social media platforms like Facebook "are killing people" by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on their platforms, as the administration continued criticising the company. Key points: The Biden administration is arguing Facebook and other platforms need to do more to combat misinformation about coronavirus Facebook claims it is helping to save lives …

Biden: Social media ‘killing people’ with COVID misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: Social media ‘killing people’ with COVID misinformation

Al Jazeera  

Misinformation about the virus and vaccines has spread on platforms including Facebook and Twitter. President Joe Biden has said that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. “Misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health,” Murthy said during remarks on Thursday at the White House. Lives are …

US steps up fight against COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

US steps up fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Al Jazeera  

The effort comes as the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations has slowed throughout the US, due in part to false claims. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address a problem “that cost us lives”. …

Fox News Hammered With How Its Vaccine Coverage Will Go Down In History
3 years, 5 months ago

Fox News Hammered With How Its Vaccine Coverage Will Go Down In History

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CNN “New Day” anchors Brianna Keilar and John Berman hammered home the same point over and over on Wednesday — that 99% of people who are now dying from COVID-19 in the United States are unvaccinated. “Millions of Americans are seeing this nonsensical, nonscientific propaganda instead of this,” said Berman, cutting to a public service announcement from …

Anti-Vaccine Activists Use A Federal Database To Spread Fear About COVID Vaccines
3 years, 6 months ago

Anti-Vaccine Activists Use A Federal Database To Spread Fear About COVID Vaccines

NPR  

Anti-Vaccine Activists Use A Federal Database To Spread Fear About COVID Vaccines Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt Slocum/AP Matt Slocum/AP The largest U.S. database for detecting events that might be vaccine side effects is being used by activists to spread disinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Sponsor Message "It's a very valuable system for detecting adverse events, but it has to …

Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows
3 years, 7 months ago

Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows

NPR  

Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows Enlarge this image toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Researchers have found just 12 people are responsible for the bulk of the misleading claims and outright lies about COVID-19 vaccines that proliferate on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. "The 'Disinformation Dozen' produce …

J&J pitched vaccine makers industrywide probe on blood clots: WSJ
3 years, 8 months ago

J&J pitched vaccine makers industrywide probe on blood clots: WSJ

Al Jazeera  

Johnson & Johnson has reached out to other coronavirus vaccine makers to join a study on blood-clot risks, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing several people familiar with the matter. Johnson & Johnson has reached out to other coronavirus vaccine makers to join a study on the risks of blood clots, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing …

Opinion: The consequences will be deadly if we don’t fight vaccine misinformation
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: The consequences will be deadly if we don’t fight vaccine misinformation

CNN  

Editor’s Note: K. “Vish” Viswanath, PhD, is director of the Harvard T.H. But a large number of people had already refused the vaccines outright or adopted a wait-and-see approach early on in the pandemic due to misinformation or disinformation they saw on social media platforms. That’s why social media companies must do more to combat vaccine misinformation and disinformation. Social …

CDC vaccine advisers put off decision on Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
3 years, 8 months ago

CDC vaccine advisers put off decision on Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine

CNN  

CNN — Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put off making any decision on Wednesday about the recommendations for Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine, saying they need more information about a rare type of blood clot. At least four of the six cases were treated with the blood thinner heparin when they first developed symptoms, …

Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online
3 years, 9 months ago

Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online

NPR  

Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Reingewirtz/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images Sarah Reingewirtz/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images The odds of dying after getting a COVID-19 vaccine are virtually nonexistent. Enlarge this image toggle caption Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long …

Articles Linking COVID-19 Vaccines To Death Seem To Be Driving Misinformation Online
3 years, 9 months ago

Articles Linking COVID-19 Vaccines To Death Seem To Be Driving Misinformation Online

NPR  

Articles Linking COVID-19 Vaccines To Death Seem To Be Driving Misinformation Online Ahead of congressional testimony from the heads of Facebook, Twitter and Google, a new NPR analysis finds that articles linking COVID-19 vaccines to death are driving misinformation online. New reporting from NPR out today shows that a specific type of story about vaccines has been spreading quickly online …

Facebook to label vaccine posts to combat COVID-19 misinfo
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook to label vaccine posts to combat COVID-19 misinfo

Associated Press  

LONDON — Facebook is adding informational labels to posts about vaccines as it expands efforts to counter COVID-19-related misinformation flourishing on its platforms. “For example, we’re adding a label on posts that discuss the safety of COVID-19 vaccines that notes COVID-19 vaccines go through tests for safety and effectiveness before they’re approved,” Zuckerberg said. “This announcement falls well short of …

Facebook to label all posts about coronavirus vaccines
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook to label all posts about coronavirus vaccines

ABC  

Facebook, which has been criticised by politicians and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said it has started adding labels to posts that discuss the safety of the shots and will soon label all posts about the vaccines. The social media company said in a blog post it is also launching a tool in the United …

Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media
3 years, 9 months ago

Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media

Associated Press  

With vaccination against COVID-19 in full swing, social platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter say they’ve stepped up their fight against misinformation that aims to undermine trust in the vaccines. “It’s a hard situation because we have let this go for so long,” said Jeanine Guidry, an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies social media and health information. …

Facebook says it’s taking on Covid disinformation. So what’s all this?
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook says it’s taking on Covid disinformation. So what’s all this?

Wired  

Getty Images / WIRED Bold black and red text screams “Do you know what’s in a VACCINE?” listing off alleged “toxic” ingredients in garish fonts of erratic sizes. Since Facebook updated its policies against Covid-19 misinformation on February 8, at least 3,200 posts containing the recently forbidden claims about Covid-19 vaccines have been posted on the site. These posts have …

US advisers endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from J&J
3 years, 9 months ago

US advisers endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from J&J

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic. The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that the agency will move quickly to follow the recommendation, which would make J&J’s shot the …

Facebook vowed to crack down on Covid-19 vaccine misinformation but misleading posts remain easy to find
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook vowed to crack down on Covid-19 vaccine misinformation but misleading posts remain easy to find

CNN  

CNN Business — Nearly two months into the largest vaccine rollout in US history, Instagram continued to prominently feature anti-vaccination accounts in its search results, while Facebook groups railing against vaccines remained easy to find. Previously, Facebook’s policies banned misinformation about Covid-19 that “contributes to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.” Public health experts have said they fear …

Opinion: The vaccines are the best news we can hope for
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: The vaccines are the best news we can hope for

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Watch the full conversation with SE Cupp and her panel of experts on “What Comes Next?” here Kent Sepkowitz is a CNN medical analyst and a physician and infection control expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. This week, I talk to Dr. Kent Sepkowitz, a physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Tom Nichols, author …

Twitter Announces Measures to Curb COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation, Will Remove False Claims
4 years ago

Twitter Announces Measures to Curb COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation, Will Remove False Claims

News 18  

Just a couple of days after Google announced measures to curb misinformation around COVID-19 vaccine, micro blogging platform Twitter also announced on Wednesday that it will remove tweets making false or misleading claims about the COVID-19 vaccine. Twitter made the announcement in a blog post, saying that any tweets claiming that vaccines “intentionally cause harm to control population” or invoke …

Coronavirus | Facebook bans false claims about COVID-19 vaccines
4 years ago

Coronavirus | Facebook bans false claims about COVID-19 vaccines

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc on Thursday said it would remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, following a similar announcement by Alphabet Inc's YouTube in October. Facebook said it would remove debunked COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies, such as that the vaccines' safety is being tested on specific populations without their consent, and misinformation about the vaccines. …

Facebook Bans Debunked Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines
4 years ago

Facebook Bans Debunked Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines

NPR  

Facebook Bans Debunked Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines Enlarge this image toggle caption Ashley Landis/AP Ashley Landis/AP Facebook is banning claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, as governments prepare to roll out the first vaccinations against the virus. "For example, we will remove false claims that COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips, or anything else that isn't …

Coronavirus Infodemic: People Falling for Conspiracy Theories, Hoaxes More Reluctant to Vaccines
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus Infodemic: People Falling for Conspiracy Theories, Hoaxes More Reluctant to Vaccines

News 18  

Up to a third of people in certain countries may believe coronavirus misinformation and in turn, be less open to immunisation, scientists said Wednesday, warning that development of a vaccine “might not be enough”. Researchers in Britain and the Netherlands conducted surveys in the UK, United States, Ireland, Mexico and Spain and found that while most people rejected Covid-19 conspiracy …

Pro-Russia vaccine misinfo finds home in US Facebook groups
4 years, 4 months ago

Pro-Russia vaccine misinfo finds home in US Facebook groups

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A false report claiming five Ukrainians had died after taking an American-made coronavirus vaccine spread in just a matter of days from a small Kremlin-friendly website to an audience of thousands in U.S.-based Facebook groups. The unsupported claim that five out of 15 Ukrainians had died during a trial of the U.S. coronavirus vaccine was first published in …

How does Facebook fact check claims about COVID-19 vaccines?
4 years, 4 months ago

How does Facebook fact check claims about COVID-19 vaccines?

The Hindu  

Since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus an international health emergency in January, Facebook Inc has removed more than 7 million pieces of content with false claims about the virus that could pose an immediate health risk to people who believe them. But in most instances, Facebook does not remove misinformation about the new COVID-19 vaccines that are …

Facebook’s dilemma: How to police claims about unproven covid-19 vaccine
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook’s dilemma: How to police claims about unproven covid-19 vaccine

Live Mint  

LONDON/NEW YORK :Since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus an international health emergency in January, Facebook Inc has removed more than 7 million pieces of content with false claims about the virus that could pose an immediate health risk to people who believe them. But in most instances, Facebook does not remove misinformation about the new COVID-19 vaccines …

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