Anti-extremism software to be used to tackle anti-vaxxers

Redirection tool that confronts anti-vaccination theories under development by UK’s Moonshot Technology used to counter violent messages online from Islamic State and the far right is being adapted to counter the spread of “anti-vax” conspiracy theories. Moonshot CVE, a company currently working in as many as 28 countries, uses techniques to identify and intervene in the cases of internet users at risk of being radicalised online. Its technology has already been deployed to counter the KKK in the US, Isis and the far right in Europe. Continue reading...