GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (via WOOD TV 8) — Surfing social media from the living room of her Jenison home, Rachel Atwood said she feels Big Brother’s watchful eyes.
“They’re watching your Messenger, they’re watching your pages,” said Atwood, referring to Facebook. “Who’s the one deciding what stays in the content and what leaves?”
Atwood reached out to Target 8 after she and others in the anti-vaccine community noticed what they thought was increased monitoring and manipulation of their posts.
“What’s the threat?” questioned Atwood. “It’s just information. People can make decisions for themselves.”
Facebook said Thursday afternoon that it is not deleting anti-vaccine posts, but it is working to reduce visibility of what it calls vaccine misinformation.
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