{"id":194036,"date":"2019-08-31T06:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T06:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=194036"},"modified":"2019-09-02T07:46:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T07:46:58","slug":"more-online-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=194036","title":{"rendered":"More Online Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Now Pinterest will direct users searching about vaccines or measles to results from public health groups in major crackdown on anti-vaxx content<\/h3>\n

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Stephen Matthews \u2013 Mail Online Aug 29, 2019<\/h1>\n

Pinterest has announced it will direct users searching for information about vaccines to results from leading public health groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

The social media giant revealed it will show facts from leading medical bodies including the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/span><\/p>\n

The site will also ban adverts, comments or recommendations on those pages to avoid any misinformation being shown.<\/span><\/p>\n

The WHO said the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate was one of 10 threats to global health in 2019, citing the resurgence of diseases such as measles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every region in the world – except the Americas – is known to be experiencing a rise in cases of the highly contagious viral infection.<\/span><\/p>\n

The UK lost its measles-free status just 10 days ago, largely blamed on a wave of dangerous anti-vaxx content posted online.<\/span><\/p>\n

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has previously said social media giants must do more to crack down on ‘damaging’ anti-vaccination myths.<\/span><\/p>\n

His comments in March came just days after Instagram announced it would block anti-vaxxer hashtags such as #vaccinesarepoison.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also followed an announcement by Facebook which said it would no longer show anti-vaccination groups or pages in its recommended content.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Google’s streaming site YouTube has also stopped running ads on anti-vaccine videos, citing a ban against harmful and dangerous content in its advertising policy<\/span><\/p>\n

Pinterest said searches for ‘measles’ and ‘vaccine safety’ are among the terms that will prompt information from medical groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as the WHO, results will also be displayed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘We’re taking this approach because we believe showing vaccine misinformation alongside resources from public health experts isn’t responsible,’ the firm said.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘As we continue to tackle health misinformation, we remove it and the accounts that spread it from our service.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Ifeoma Ozoma, Pinterest’s public policy and social impact manager, said some purveyors of health misinformation have a financial incentive, TechCrunch<\/strong><\/a><\/span> reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said: ‘Generally, there’s more accessible and visually compelling health misinformation than science-based journal articles on the virtues of vaccinations.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Pinterest, a site launched in 2010, has around 250million active monthly users, according to estimates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anti-vaxxers are a growing problem in the Western world because they try to convince people that vaccinating children is bad for their health.<\/span><\/p>\n

The WHO said they are one of the top 10 threats to human health in 2019, alongside air pollution, a flu pandemic and Ebola.<\/span><\/p>\n

It said: ‘Social media platforms are the way many people get their information and they will likely be major sources of information for the next generations of parents.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘We see this as a critical issue and one that needs our collective effort to protect people’s health and lives.’<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the most common myths is that the MMR jab increases the risk of autism but this has since been proved to be a lie.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anti-vaxxers also claim vaccines don’t work and that they may infect children with the illness they try to prevent \u2013 both of which are also untrue.<\/span><\/p>\n

If fewer people get vaccinated \u2013 and the MMR jab uptake is at a seven-year low in the UK \u2013 deadly diseases like mumps, measles and polio could return.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1967, the year before the MMR vaccine was introduced in England, there were 460,407 diagnosed cases of measles. In 2017 that figure was 1,693.<\/span><\/p>\n

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