The worst anti-vaxxer on the Web is Joseph Mercola, an outright quack who preys on the gullible with his bogus “cures” for covid. Not far behind him is the deeply sincere Robert F. Kennedy jr., who is responsible for more than half of the vicious covid disinformation on Facebook. We are going to examine his propaganda on several social media platforms, and how to combat it.
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
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has recently released a report entitledThe Disinformation Dozen, and its main take-home message is that two-thirds of anti-vaccine content shared or posted on Facebook and Twitter between February 1 and March 16, 2021, can be attributed to just twelve individuals.
From the report:
Despite repeatedly violating Facebook, Instagram and Twitter’s terms of service agreements, nineof the Disinformation Dozen remain on all three platforms, while just three have been comprehensively removed from just one platform.