Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/08/facebook-promised-to-curb-anti.html
Instagram still has a serious anti-vax problem.
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Facebook promises a lot of things.
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This means that Instagram wants to curtail false information about vaccines, but not ban people who identify as anti-vaxers or publish anti-vaccine posts.
Well there’s the problem. There’s no difference between those two things.
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You don’t fix a sinking ship by painting the leaking holes a new color, you plug the feggin leaks!
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Hmm. That’s an odd phrase. It doesn’t show that there is any reason to expect progress.
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Don’t believe for a second that Facebook has done anything about getting rid of anti-vax rubbish. Just try reporting a page or post. You get back the usual “does not violate our community standards” rubbish.
Facebook will do nothing while these large groups continue to bring in money for it.
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Plus, I assume, that “anti-vaxxer” and “flat Earth” posts serve as a good way to hoover up account info for the important, “highly-gullible” flag used by their targeted marketing.
“Hey, we see from your history that you don’t understand the scientific process; maybe you’d be interested in buying these holistic healing energy crystals and this self-help course from the Alex Jones University of States Rights.”
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Has anyone seen any studies about whether or not #InstagramKills?
What else could we say Instagram does because there are no studies disproving it?
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