In December, the nonprofit found that 59 million accounts across social platforms follow peddlers of anti-vax propaganda — many of whom are immensely popular superspreaders of misinformation. The page was identified in November as a “COVID-19 vaccine misinformation super spreader” by NewsGuard. “When it comes to vaccine misinformation, the really frustrating thing is that this has been around for years,” Pattison said. (Social platforms say they're wise to this.) Earlier this month, it added a strikes policy that threatens repeat spreaders of coronavirus and vaccine misinformation with bans.

Source: ABC News March 12, 2021 07:52 UTC