Facebook calls report on few people spreading vaccine misinformation “faulty narrative”

The company said it has removed a total of over 3,000 accounts, pages and groups since the beginning of the pandemic, including more than 20 million pieces of content, for violating the platform’s rules.

Facebook has slammed a recent report by London-based non-profit group Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), saying it lacks evidence on how CCDH identified 'anti-vax' content and that its report represents a “faulty narrative”. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) CCDH released a comprehensive report last month, which stated that only a dozen people are responsible for spreading majority of the vaccine misinformation online, especially on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The report also accused the social networks of neglecting to take action against the vaccine misinformation superspreaders.