Tech platforms, stop enabling the anti-vaxers | By Megan E. Garcia for CNNOpinion
Megan Garcia is a senior fellow at New America and director of growth for New America's National Network with expertise in artificial intelligence and ethics, cybersecurity and innovation. The views expressed here are hers. View more opinion on CNN.
Anti-vaccine groups with subtle names like The National Vaccine Information Center and less subtle names like Rage Against Vaccines have, for decades, used debunked research to fuel parents' fears of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, generating a surge in unvaccinated children in the United States. As a result, Washington, Texas and New York have seen measles outbreaks and are struggling to keep measles at bay. Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington state, where 7.
Megan E. GarciaThe ongoing and increasingly contentious debate about whether technology companies have a responsibility to moderate harmful content takes on a new dimension when faced with such an urgent domestic and international public health emergency.
How personal belief vaccine exemptions cause measles outbreaks 01:48After the initial media frenzy about the Guardian's reporting, Facebook, YouTube -- which is owned by Google -- and other platforms have issued responses on the spectrum from all-out content banning to taking modest steps to address unscientific information on vaccines to treading water while they examine the issue . Rep.