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.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by MostCynical on Monday December 16 2019, @09:34PM (3 children)
Need "-1 WTF" mod.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @09:39PM (1 child)
The crazies are melting down, they put all their marbles in Trump's basket and can't stand the idea they were suckered by a reality TV buffoon. Many people tried to warn them, but "unironic heresy!"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 17 2019, @09:24PM
https://www.scribd.com/document/440156909/Fisa-Court-to-FBI [scribd.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @10:53PM
You can't see anything there at all? You've literally been programmed to no longer recognize reality and are in for some big surprises.