mo4ch:>Pakistan calls on Facebook to block anti-vax propaganda amid ‘mass hysteria,’ spate of gun attacks | Mo4ch News

As Pakistani healthcare workers fight to eradicate Polio in the country, mass hysteria has gripped many communities as fake news and malicious rumors are shared on social media, prompting calls for action by the tech giants.“The parental refusals due to propaganda on Facebook regarding the vaccine is emerging as the major obstacle in achieving complete eradication of the virus,” Babar Atta, who helps to oversee the Pakistan’s vaccination drive, said in a statement as cited by NDTV. Atta has requested that Facebook “block and/or manage the dissemination of such anti-vaccination propaganda.”Also on rt.comToxic reaction: Anti-vaxxers may be wrong, but Facebook censoring people for being wrong is worseAt least five people were killed during the last anti-polio vaccination drive in April. Vaccination worker Abdullah Jan, 35, was shot in the head repeatedly Saturday, the fifth gun attack against healthcare officials in the space of a month.Mobs recently burned a village health center in nor…