Got a 30 day suspension for sharing a CDC study on a parenting forum last week

I posted a direct link to a 2023 CDC report about vaccine schedules in a parenting group and got hit with a 'misinformation' ban within 3 hours. The mods told me the study was from a 'non-approved source' even though it's literally a government health agency. Has anyone else had government data treated as disinformation by platform moderators?

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maxmurphy6d agoTop Commenter

Mods have fully internalized the idea that anything questioning their narrative is automatically "misinformation" no matter the source. A CDC study is about as close to a gold standard as you can get for vaccine data, but these groups run on vibes rather than facts. The real problem is that most parenting forums are controlled by people who think reading a blog post makes them more qualified than government scientists. Once they flag something as "non-approved" it might as well be covered in radioactive warning labels for the rest of the community. You could post the actual text of the law and they'd still find a reason to ban you for "unsubstantiated claims.

barbara_taylor836d ago

Yeah, totally agree with you. It's frustrating being silenced for sharing actual data.