Anti-vaxx moms gets fake news from Facebook, teen tells Congress [View all]
A teenager who made headlines after defying his anti-vaxx mother testified in front of Congress on Tuesday, saying his mother's misinformation stemmed from social media.
Ethan Lindenberger, a teenager from of Norwalk, Ohio, traveled to Washington, D.C., to speak at a health, education, labor and pension committee hearing Tuesday on a panel alongside health experts including John Wiesman, Washington state's Secretary of Health.
Lindenberger said as he approached high school and questioned why he wasn't vaccinated, his mother often met him with misinformation she found online and in social media groups — never trusting health officials. He recalled showing his mother articles from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and her replying with skepticism.
"That’s what they want you to think," she would tell him, Lindenberger said Tuesday.
In a question-and-answer portion of the hearing, Lindenberger named Facebook as one of the sites his mother used often to wrongly suggest vaccines could cause harm. He also said she has posted videos with fake news on the site.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/anti-vaxx-moms-gets-fake-news-from-facebook-teen-tells-congress/ar-BBUp7Rw?li=BBnb7Kz
Facebook and YouTube are two of the biggest sources of fake news.
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