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posted by janrinok on Monday December 16 2019, @06:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the whatever-happened-to-truth dept.

Ads on Facebook are spreading misinformation about anti-HIV drugs

While many are focused on Facebook's unwillingness to curb false political ads, there appears to be another misinformation campaign going unchecked. The Guardian and GLAAD have noted that personal injury law firms continue to run Facebook ads making false claims about the risks of Truvada, a drug meant to reduce the likelihood of HIV transmission. Some float the specters of bone loss and kidney damage despite evidence that the risks of either are "not clinically significant," according to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

GLAAD said it contacted Facebook's public policy team and reached out to five fact-checking agencies, but the social network answered by pointing to a public ad policy page explaining why ads can be removed. In response, GLAAD posted an open letter asking Facebook to remove the ads, with support coming from 50 organizations, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Elizabeth Warren. The advocacy group is buying ads on Facebook to promote the letter among the LGBTQ+ community.

We've asked Facebook for comment.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @06:41PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @06:41PM (#932951)

    These people are easily lead by corporate propaganda.

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @06:51PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @06:51PM (#932955)

    But the drug was thoroughly tested on goats, where HIV originated.

    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday December 16 2019, @08:39PM (5 children)

      by Freeman (732) on Monday December 16 2019, @08:39PM (#932999) Journal

      Much more likely to have been a monkey, but I'm not sure if that's just propaganda I've picked up over the years or not. In any case, gays are people too and should be treated with respect. I don't even know what people that are into bestiality are called, but sick would be a good definition.

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      Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @10:48PM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @10:48PM (#933059)

        No one ever heard of simian aids until after human aids... Looks like it started in humans to me.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 17 2019, @04:10AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 17 2019, @04:10AM (#933146)

          Nobody knew or cared to look for it in simians before it was identified in humans. Or are you saying that the Ebola virus originates in humans?

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 17 2019, @09:10AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 17 2019, @09:10AM (#933214)

            So it just wasn't a big deal that apes that cost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars each were dying in captivity at various labs for unexplained reasons?

            It didn't happen until AIDS became a thing. Make of that detail what you will.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 17 2019, @04:10AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 17 2019, @04:10AM (#933147)

          Did anyone look for simian AIDS until after human AIDS was noticed? Folks that butcher and eat African monkeys generally aren't the sort of folks with access to high end medical care.