Yep, some 3? years ago i posted on the top anti-vaxers who were doing exactly what you say.
Related: Misinformation suckers/need to be different - A Dozen Misguided Influencers Spread Most of the Anti-Vaccination Content on Social Media The Disinformation Dozen generates two thirds of anti-vaccination content on Facebook and Twitter https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=166852022
This 2021:
"The anti-vax movement (or basically a group running the top) is getting rich."
Yep, most all of the leaders were always into it for the ideology,/conspiracy/politics/money, i'd guess. Not for the victims,, though some might be fooling themselves that they are.
And like the book banning and the anti-transgender bs a very very nasty people are creating the farce.
Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows
Updated May 14, 202111:48 AM ET Heard on All Things Considered
Shannon Bond
Transcript
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 65% of the shares of anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms," said Imran Ahmed, chief executive officer of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which identified the accounts.
Now the vaccine rollout is reaching a critical stage in which most adults who want the vaccine have gotten it, but many others are holding out, these 12 influential social media users stand to have an outsize impact on the outcome.
After this story published on Thursday, Facebook said it had taken down more of the accounts run by these 12 individuals.
These figures are well-known to both researchers and the social networks. They include anti-vaccine activists, alternative health entrepreneurs and physicians. Some of them run multiple accounts across the different platforms. They often promote "natural health." Some even sell supplements and books.
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Take anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the "Disinformation Dozen" identified by the center, who has promoted the long discredited idea that vaccines are linked to autism. During the pandemic, he has shared baseless conspiracy theories linking 5G cellular networks to the coronavirus, and suggested, without evidence, that the death of baseball great Hank Aaron was "part of a wave of suspicious deaths" tied to vaccines.
None of that is true.
Kennedy was kicked off Instagram, which Facebook owns, in February over repeatedly sharing debunked claims.
Yet Facebook did not remove him from its namesake platform. He told NPR the company has flagged some of his posts, however, so he has become more cautious.
"I have to post, like, unicorns and kitty cat pictures on there," he said. "I don't want to give them an excuse."
He also uses it to promote his website and newsletter, where he makes claims he cannot on the social network.
Kennedy said he's never posted misinformation and accused Facebook of censorship. He said the crackdown has cost "hundreds of thousands of dollars" in donations to his organization.
A battle of persuasion
Even as the social media companies have gotten tougher recently on misinformation, researchers worry the persistence of vaccine-related hoaxes will further erode confidence among people who hesitate to get the shot.
That's especially concerning as vaccines roll out for children 12 and up.
In a survey of U.S parents, Indiana University sociologist Jessica Calarco found more than a quarter don't plan to vaccinate their kids.
"So many of these moms are turning to Facebook, are turning to Twitter, are turning to other social media platforms" for news and information, she said. "And they're saying, 'Every time I open my phone, I see something different.' "
Even some parents whose kids have had routine childhood vaccines told Calarco they're unsure about COVID-19 jabs.
Facebook this week released survey data showing vaccine acceptance among adults in the U.S. has increased by 10% since January. However, its survey also shows that the top reasons people said they don't want to get vaccinated are worries about side effects and lack of trust in the vaccines or the government — exactly the kind of fears anti-vaccination accounts promote.
The social networks said amplifying credible information from authoritative sources, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is just as important as reducing the spread of harmful posts. Both Facebook and Twitter link to public health information in their apps and in the labels they put on misleading posts.
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