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Facebook’s Fact Checker on Vaccines is Funded by an Organization that has $1.8-Billion Invested in Vaccine Stocks

One of Facebook’s most prominent “fact checking” groups is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that holds about 15% of its assets, over $1.8-billion of stock, in vaccine manufacturer Johnson and Johnson. In other words, the vaccine companies control the flow of information about vaccines.

Facebook begins ‘fake news’ crackdown with ‘disputed’ story tag roll out

RT | March 5, 2017 Facebook has begun rolling out its much hyped ‘fake news’ crackdown initiative, launching its ‘disputed’ news tag on stories deemed false by fact checking organisations working with the social media giant. The tool appears to have been unveiled without fanfare in the US, but some users have shared screenshots of […]