Government Role in Regulating Vaccine Misinformation on Social Media Platforms

摘要

Freedom of speech is one of the most fundamental rights in the United States. The challenges of balancing free speech against harms caused by misinformation on social media are well illustrated by antivaccine activists, who claim that vaccines cause death or other harmful adverse effects against the evidence. These activists use social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, to share misleading information supportingtheir views on vaccines. In fact, half of all parents with children younger than 5 years have been exposed to misinformation about vaccines on social media