The American Medical Association urged big social media and tech companies including Amazon, Facebook and Google to stop vaccine misinformation on their platforms.
of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube, the nation’s largest physician group says more needs to be done to combat the effort of anti-vaccine groups that are using social media to target parents.
The AMA worries that a parent or someone seeking quality health information searches for information about a vaccine will instead be hit with anti-vaccination advertisements and content. the technology and social media companies. “We also urge you to make public your plans to ensure that users have access to accurate, timely, scientifically sound information on vaccines.”under the age of 5 are being exposed to negative or inaccurate information about vaccines. Some social media companies have already taken steps to update health information or are changing their policies.
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