Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Senior Member JohnDoe2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    PARADISE (San Diego)
    Posts
    99,040

    Facebook says it may remove anti-vaccine recommendations, conspiracy theories

    Facebook says it may remove anti-vaccine recommendations

    BY JOHN BOWDEN - 02/15/19 08:11 AM EST 275


    Facebook says it will look into removing posts promoting conspiracy theories about vaccines following complaints from Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

    The company told Bloomberg News on Friday that it is “exploring additional measures to best combat the problem" of fake news and conspiracy theories being promoted on its site, which include numerous groups and message boards dedicated to spreading theories concerning a nonexistent link between vaccines and autism.


    Possible steps the company could take include “reducing or removing this type of content from recommendations, including Groups You Should Join, and demoting it in search results, while also ensuring that higher quality and more authoritative information is available," the company told Bloomberg.


    Facebook's statement followed a letter to the company from Schiff, who argued that Facebook's platform was contributing to global health risks caused by speculation surrounding vaccines.


    “There is strong evidence to suggest that at least part of the source of this trend is the degree to which medically inaccurate information about vaccines surface on the websites where many Americans get their information,” Schiff's letter reads, according to Bloomberg.


    “The algorithms which power these services are not designed to distinguish quality information from misinformation or misleading information, and the consequences of that are particularly troubling for public health issues," he continued.


    Google, which runs the popular video service YouTube, did not respond to a request for comment from Bloomberg on Schiff's statements but has reportedly already begun cutting videos with questionable content from the platform, though numerous videos promoting vaccine conspiracy theories can still be found on the service.

    https://thehill.com/policy/technolog...may-be-removed
    NO AMNESTY

    Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.


    Sign in and post comments here.

    Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  2. #2
    Senior Member JohnDoe2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    PARADISE (San Diego)
    Posts
    99,040
    NO AMNESTY

    Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.


    Sign in and post comments here.

    Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  3. #3
    MW
    MW is offline
    Senior Member MW's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    North Carolina
    Posts
    25,717
    I support children vaccinations.

    "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**

    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts athttps://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  4. #4
    Moderator Beezer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    30,909
    I support not allowing foreigners here who are pouring over our border full of diseases and bringing all these diseases back into our country!

    Shut the whole border down...that IS a National Emergency and is a threat to our health and well being!
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 0
    Last Post: 07-28-2018, 03:42 PM
  2. A Theory About Conspiracy Theories
    By JohnDoe2 in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 09-01-2013, 07:22 PM
  3. Why conspiracy theories die hard
    By JohnDoe2 in forum Other Topics News and Issues
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 04-28-2011, 08:48 PM
  4. Conspiracy Theories?? Not Hardly
    By SecureTheBorder in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 11-30-2007, 10:53 AM
  5. The Truth About conspiracy Theories
    By CCUSA in forum Other Topics News and Issues
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 01-11-2007, 04:12 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •