AMA Letter Implores Tech Companies to Do More About Vaccine Misinformation

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Tech companies, facing intense scrutiny for the spread of misinformation about the safety of vaccinations on their platforms, on Wednesday received a letter from a leading medical professional organization imploring them to do more to address the issue.

The letter, from the professional group the American Medical Association (AMA), begged executives like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai to be transparent about how they will “ensure that users have access to accurate, timely, scientifically sound information” about vaccine safety.

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