Pinterest Cracks Down on Anti-Vaxxers, Pressuring Facebook To Follow (cnbc.com)

Social network Pinterest has taken a big step to stop the spread of false content that is damaging people's health, which could put pressure on competitors to follow. From a report: Pinterest said Wednesday that it would no longer return any search results, including pins and boards, for terms related to vaccinations, whether in favor or against them. It took that step in late 2018 after noticing that the majority of shared images on Pinterest cautioned people against vaccinations, despite medical guidelines demonstrating that most vaccines are safe for most people. Pinterest told CNBC on Wednesday that it's been hard to remove this anti-vaccination content entirely, so it put the ban in place until it can figure out a more permanent strategy. It's working with health experts including doctors, as well as the social media analysis company called Storyful to come up with a better solution, the company said.

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Will it help?

[Actually, I do RTFA]

People aren't going on Pintrest to search for vaccines to learn and make a reasoned argument. The problem is they find it organically and get sucked in.

If people wanted to search for information, they would use Google.

Re:Will it help?

[Opportunist]

I'm done trying to keep people alive. There's about 8 billion humans now. That's plenty.

You know why there are no 80+ year old anti-vaxers? Because they remember what an iron lung is. My grandma allegedly slapped a doctor because when I was born they stopped vaccinations for smallpox in our area and she was adamant that I HAVE TO get that vaccination. She lost a brother that way when she was a child.

I guess people have to lose loved ones again to be reminded that there's a reason for this.