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The number of Australians following public anti-vaxx Facebook groups grew nearly 300% during the pandemic, Reset Australia has found, in direct correlation with Australia’s rising vaccine hesitancy rates.
Reset Australia’s report identified 13 public Facebook groups with users based in Australia and tracked their growth between January 2020 to March 2021. The 13 included anti-lockdown style groups, such as ‘End the Lockdown in Australia, ‘ Digital Warfare’, and ‘Australia Freedom Alliance’, and larger, established anti-vaxx groups, such as ‘Australians for Safe Technology’.
During the research period, subscription to these groups grew by 280%, and as of March 2021, these groups had a combined total of over 115,000 members, generating over 2.66 million interactions.
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Big Tech platforms should be forced to publish a list of coronavirus misinformation being shared on their platforms so the full extent of the problem can be recognised, a new coalition of health and technology experts say.
Reset Australia, the local affiliate of the global initiative working to counter digital threats to democracy, called on politicians to introduce legislation to enforce a Big Tech Live List to counter rampant misinformation in a letter on Monday.
Misinformation is undermining public health efforts to stop COVID.
The first step to stopping misinformation, is knowing exactly what content is out there - and who is seeing it.
Reset Australia
A newly formed coalition of health and technology experts is calling on the Australian Parliament to force Big Tech companies to reveal the true extent of COVID-19 misinformation.
In a letter sent to the Australian Parliament today, the coalition warns unchecked misinformation risks Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
They have called on politicians to introduce a Big Tech ‘Live List’, which details the most popular coronavirus-related material being shared online.
The coalition, led by Reset Australia, includes the Immunisation Coalition, the I mmunisation Foundation of Australia, Coronavax and the Doherty Institute.
“Rampant misinformation on social media is hampering Australia’s COVID-19 efforts and may deter widespread take up of the future vaccine,” said Chris Cooper, executive director of Reset Australia, the local affiliate of the global initiative working to counter digital threats to democracy a
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