Indiegogo forbids anti-vaxxers to raise funds on its platform

Indiegogo, the crowdfunding start-up popular with filmmakers and other creatives, banned anti-vaxxers from its platform.

According to the company, "it will no longer allow anti-vaccine fundraising or health claims projects without scientific foundation". Platform.

The filmmakers behind Vaxxed II: The truth of the people recently raised $ 86,543 on the site. As Indiegogo's new policy did not come into effect at the time, the company will distribute the funds, minus the reduction of society, to the filmmakers. The new policy will prevent future anti-vaxxer projects from crowdfunding.

In the United States, because of misinformation about immunization, technology companies oppose the anti-vaxxer movement. Last month, another crowdfunding site, also made the decision to ban anti-vaccination fundraisers from its platform. and have also taken steps to prevent false science about vaccines from spreading on their respective platforms.

Vaxxed II: The truth of the people is the continuation of the documentary anti-vaxxer which is the subject of many discussions Vaxxed, which has had its own problems with technology companies. Amazon from its Prime Video service in March.

More people have been infected with measles in 2019 than any other year since its "eradication" in 2000. There are still seven months left in the year.