Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Anti-Vaxers Celebrate Twitter's New COVID Misinformation Policy
Some of the most pernicious bad actors on the platform are cheering Twitter’s sudden decision to stop enforcing COVID guidelines.
Crank Doctors and Their Allies Are Ready for War With the Medical Establishment
As a growing number of doctors preaching fringe COVID theories face threats to their medical licenses, powerful allies are helping them in their fight.
Anti-Vaccine Organization Children’s Health Defense Says It Was Banned from Instagram and Facebook
Their founder, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had his Instagram account deleted last year.
At DC Rally, Anti-Vaxxers Claim the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust (Again and Again and Again)
Attendees of the 'Defeat the Mandates' rally explained to Motherboard how they were like Black people during Jim Crow or Jews under Hitler.
Cheryl Hines Finally Comments, Sort of, On Her Husband's Anti-Vaccine Activism
Hines called RFK Jr.’s comments about Anne Frank “reprehensible and insensitive,” adding, “His opinions are not a reflection of my own.”
Joe Rogan's Friends Assemble in D.C. to Do Something They Say Isn't an Anti-Vax Rally
A disgraced progressive PR professional and a host of anti-vax celebrities: the disjointed coalition against vaccine mandates marches on Washington.
Conspiracy Theorists Baselessly Claim Gavin Newsom Was Injured by COVID Booster
Anti-vax orgs used the timing of Newsom’s shot and an absence due to “family obligations” to spin an elaborate conspiracy theory.
Health Conspiracy Theorists Hate Living in the World They Helped Create
“Vaccine passports” and talk of mandatory vaccinations have been boogeymen for health conspiracy theorists for decades. But they helped get us here.
Alec Baldwin Just Did an Hour-Long Instagram Chat with an Anti-Vaccine Activist
During the talk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s been promoting vaccine misinformation for years, promoted false and misleading claims about vaccine safety and COVID-19.
Coronavirus Is the Crisis of Conspiracy Theorists' Wildest Dreams
Conspiracy peddlers of every stripe are increasingly twisting the pandemic to bolster their world views—and to claim that perhaps it's not real at all.
Kids in Samoa Are Dying of Measles at a Terrifying Rate
Anti-vaxx conspiracy theories have gained traction in the small island nation, with disastrous consequences.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Group Is a Top Buyer of Anti-Vax Facebook Ads
A new study found that 54 percent of anti-vaccine ads came from just two major anti-vax groups. Meanwhile, Facebook's efforts to regulate "political" ads have led them to remove scientifically accurate, pro-vaccine posts.