Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey praises, appears on podcast of anti-vaccine fitness personality

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has recorded a podcast with a fitness personality who last month repeated an unfounded claim that “vaccines do indeed cause autism” and told his readers not to trust the fact-checking organization Snopes.

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A source familiar with the podcast taping who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly told NBC News that Dorsey and Greenfield did not broach vaccine safety on the podcast. The podcast won’t be released until later in the month. Vaccine misinformation has flourished online thanks to a community united by a widely debunked theory that childhood vaccinations cause myriad illnesses, including autism spectrum disorder. Those groups have also beenon major platforms that have rewarded controversial content. The success of vaccine misinformation campaigns and communities have led some parents to withhold or delay vaccinations, leading to an increase in the spread of preventable diseases.

“I bring this up to show how in my own personal life this misinformation reached my family. Not only that, it led to the people I care about being put at risk,"Twitter has thus far escaped the scrutiny leveled at other platforms when it comes to vaccine misinformation.

 

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Did anybody actually READ the article? Dorsey and Greenfield didn’t even TALK about vaccines. Nice trolling tho NBC

But was he himself vaccinated

Who fucking cares. This is not news Go fuck yourself

NBC here’s a story for you!!

Anti-vaxxers truly have screws loose.

Idiots

This is a weird tweet. Also, who trusts Snopes?

Vaccines kill ☠️

Science deniers.

I happen to have autism, and, personally, I don't think vaccines causes autism. Autism has always been there. For example Henry Cavendish had autism, and that was back in the 1700s. And there have been others as well. I highly recommend to read about it, in books and online.

Bye Jack.

coolsdot Twitter jack is part of the war against science and facts, friends. What, then, do we do to not be complicit in our participation on this platform? Any advice, slpng_giants

jack shame on you

Epic fail jack

But not ALL vaccines cause that. I'm phobic of needles & even I'm willing to get vaccinated! I have to be held down & I'll cry like hell but I am willing to do it...barely. I'm one of those crazy phobics you see on tv by the way so it takes a lot for me to agree.

Who cares, dude is smart for Twitter, doesn't mean everything he thinks or says is going to be inspirational. I mean how hard is it to re-engineer Myspace and Facebook. He didn't invent the wheel here.

What?

What about kids born with autism.

Why should 'Snopes' be trusted blindly? They (like NBC News) get things wrong from time to time. DEAL WITH IT. And read this 'why you suck & joerogan doesn't' article.

EngagednEnraged Let jack be jack. He’s simply following the chaos script his Russian money wants him to.

If he gets measles he might feel differently

By all means, believe a fitness instructor over decades of medical research. Do you suppose he consults a dentist when his furnace isn't working?

Look, people who are against vaccines have their own opinion. In my mind, they're wrong. But, does this mean that now we should stop speaking to people who have different opinions than ours? The path we're heading down as a group is scary.

Jack, kind of makes you seem like a part of the problem...

Awakening is sweeping the nation.

Practice what you preach.

Is Dorsey deranged?

jack 's whack baby jack 's whack

jack didn't even mention vaccinations. its not a podcast about anti vaccs. jack didn't say shit

Well he is right about Snopes, I'll give him that.

They keep insisting that autism is not caused by vaccines and moms keep reporting they do. So I guess the argument goes on forever.

Great.

So what? I guess we're not allowed to have conversations with people who have unpopular opinions now.

I worked for a multi-millionaire multiple company owner whose lawyers insisted he stop using the N-word in company meetings, etc. He replaced it with “Canadians”. It’s very possible that Jack’s an utter piece of shit despite his success.

Jack likes these horrible people way too much.

Fact Check: Half True Snopes is in fact, trash. Meanwhile, get ya damn kids vaccinated.

Jack tweeter Seriously....?🤔🤨😳🤯😱

Jack eek. Now your helping spread the misinformation you said twitter will fight.

Here we go jack give ’em more censorship power, or they will smear you until you are out of your job. No one is off limits for them.

Say it ain’t so jack

Seriously

Snopes is terrible, but this guys one of the worlds biggest tools.

He's not wrong about Snopes

And were going to take advice by the fucking Twitter CEO?

Very hip & cool tidbits here, jack

i can't believe the a person who thinks vanity is personal development was able to be swayed by the logic and reason of anti vaxxers

Rut roh...

Shots fired! Twitter taking pot shots at Snope is the best type of Twitter🤣

They were charging for this bullshit.

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