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Greater freedom of speech on Web 2.0 correlates with dominance of views linking vaccines to autism

Anand Venkatraman, Neetika Garg, Nilay Kumar

Greater freedom of speech on Web 2.0 correlates with dominance of views linking vaccines to autism

Online communities with greater freedom of speech lead to a dominance of anti-vaccine voices. Moderation of content by editors can offer balance between free expression and factual accuracy. Health communicators and medical institutions need to step up their activity on the Internet.

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