Instagram’s search results for vaccines are a public health nightmare

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HuffPost UK / Jesselyn Cook / Feb 3, 2020

“HuffPost followed several of the accounts that Instagram displayed most prominently in the “vaccines” keyword search, just as a parent who is considering vaccinating their child might do. Many of the accounts were explicitly anti-vax, while others had vaccine-neutral usernames but still featured anti-vax content.”

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Tags: anti-vaxx, anti-vaxxers, Health, Instagram, misinformation