Even seemingly ‘small groups’ on Facebook can encourage vaccine scepticism

Facebook has set up alerts to warn users who viewed false information about the Covid-19 vaccines. — AFP Relaxnews

On social networks, doubt about the effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines continues to be expressed and circulate.

According to a study conducted by Facebook, even a ‘small group’ can manage to sow doubt among larger audiences on the platform. People who are visibly affiliated with the conspiracy theory movement QAnon manage to sow doubt without even breaking the community rules. It’s a grey area for Facebook between freedom of expression and propagation of false information that makes moderation more difficult than expected.