Facebook imposed restrictions and fact-check monitoring on a private Macomb County group that has been spreading false information and baseless conspiracy theories about COVID-19.
The Moms for Liberty Macomb County chapter, which has ties to shadowy right-wing groups, has been spreading dangerous disinformation at a time when Michigan is leading the country in new COVID-19 cases.
Some of the false claims include:
• People who received Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine don’t need vaccine boosters.
• People who died in a stampede at a recent Texas concert were killed by COVID-19 vaccinations – and the concert was a satanic ritual.
• Vaccines infect people with the virus.
• Vaccinated children become super-spreaders.
Group members are also helping each other find religious and medical exemptions to avoid getting a vaccine.
Critics of the group applauded Facebook’s actions against the group.
“Moms for Liberty is putting the lives of our children and our loved ones in danger with dangerous disinformation and preventing Moms for Liberty from continuing to spread their anti-science lies is critical to keeping our families safe,” Amanda Angst, a Macomb County parent with two children in high school and a member of Michigan Parents Alliance for Safe Schools, which supports masks in schools, said in a statement. “Across Michigan and throughout the nation, Moms for Liberty has threatened and bullied school board members and public health professionals to ignore evidence-based safety...
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