Super Fund Blasts Facebook as ‘Threat to Public Health’ – The Age

The chief executive of Hesta, a $68-billion superannuation fund for health workers, has taken aim at Facebook, accusing the social media giant of posing a threat to public health by spreading misinformation that fuels vaccine hesitancy, climate denialism and body image problems for young women, The Age reported.

Hesta chief executive Debby Blakey said Facebook’s social licence to operate had been undermined by successive scandals involving poor oversight of content regulation, from livestreaming the Christchurch massacre to spreading Covid-19 conspiracies.

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.

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