The Problem Isn't Sharing Misinformation Online; It's Believing It — Scientific American

Facebook has announced a commitment to monitoring and reducing the impact of anti-vaccine pages. But is this the solution to stop the spread of unscientific and false propaganda? For misinformation around vaccines or any other controversial topic? As evidenced by a podcast that Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, recently participated in, the anti-vaxx movement can integrate and garner attention in ways we can’t control and monitor. A look at many of the anti-vaxx Facebook pages will show that the