Facebook Is Helping Violent Militias Spread COVID Vaccine Conspiracies

[Nevilledog]

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David Gilbert
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Facebook is not only allowing right-wing militias to spread anti-vaxxer misinformation on its platform, it's even labelling some of the groups admins as "experts"

Facebook Is Helping Violent Militias Spread COVID Vaccine Conspiracies
Violent militia groups have become some of the biggest spreaders of vaccine misinformation on Facebook.
vice.com
6:33 AM · Aug 17, 2021

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4av8wn/facebook-is-helping-militias-spread-vaccine-disinformation-and-calling-them-experts

Violent militia groups have become “key” spreaders of vaccine misinformation on Facebook, and now those groups are using the platform to boost their online followings and urge new followers to engage in violent, real-world protests.

These are the findings of a new report called “Facebook’s New Toxic Stew: Militia Groups and Vaccine Conspiracies” from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), a nonprofit that aims to hold Big Tech accountable for its failings. The report was shared exclusively with VICE News ahead of its publication Tuesday.

By leveraging the fear and anxiety about COVID-19 and the pandemic, militia groups like the Three Percenters are reaching new audiences that would have had little or nothing to do with them before.

“You get the soccer mom who doesn’t see herself as a Three Percenter or maybe didn't think of herself as a ‘Stop the Steal’ person, but those moms are aggressive about protecting their kids from the vaccines, and so it's easy to loop in an entirely new audience,” Katie Paul, director of TTP, told VICE News.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Say goodnight Gracie...we had a good run, sort of.

[RKP5637]

2. Mark Zuckerberg is such a complete and total asshole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[luv2fly]

3. Facebook cant help being Facebook it seems

But Facebook users have a choice.

You are either supporting the terrorist-assisting platform or you are against it, and if you claim to be against it and are still a user, well then you are for it.

[TheRealNorth]

4. I believe our only play is to lean into the toxicity and false information

And make Fakebook a hellhole. Essentially, destroy the user experience.