Anti-vaxxer fundraising prohibited by the crowdfunding site

The problem has become so important that at least 20 states in the US are proposing new laws to deal with it.

Now online sites are also joining the fight against one of the biggest threats to global health. Indiegogo is the latest company to announce that it will no longer allow anti-vaccination fundraising to be organized on its platform, according to the site. BuzzFeed News.

The crowdfunding site plans to tackle the problem of banning health fundraisers that have no scientific evidence or support.

This news comes after two film producers recently collected more than $ 80,000 on the site to make an anti-vax documentary to prove that vaccines are at the root of autism (an badertion that has already been dissolved).

His fundraising page reads as follows:

See the truth that the government, the doctors and Big Pharma have never wanted you to know.

A spokesman for the website said Buzzfeed News that the money raised for the documentary titled Vaxxed II: The truth of the peopleMay be retained but future projects seeking to raise funds for similar reasons will be prohibited.

Other companies that have also banned anti-vaccination fundraisers or are trying to limit the number of false information include GoFundMe, Facebook, YouTube and Amazon.

This year, the United States has had its worst measles year since the eradication of the disease in 2000, and while immunization rates remained high, parents refused to vaccinate their children, largely partly because of misinformation online, that vaccines are dangerous and can be harmful.