Facebook, Instagram & Telegram Are Go-To Sites to Find Illegal Vaccine Cards, Digital Citizens Alliance and CSW Investigation Finds
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Bad actors are using Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram to peddle illegal COVID-19 vaccination cards, a joint investigation by the Digital Citizens Alliance (Digital Citizens) and Coalition for a Safer Web (CSW) has found.
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Bad actors are using Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram to peddle illegal COVID-19 vaccination cards, a joint investigation by the Digital Citizens Alliance (Digital Citizens) and Coalition for a Safer Web (CSW) has found.
- Most troubling is that the illicit vaccination cards have remained on Facebook, Facebook-owned Instagram, and Telegram a week after the companies were alerted to their existence.
- "Too often, platforms rely on the public to alert them when illegal or dangerous activities appear on their sites.
- But now, even when they've been alerted, they haven't taken steps to remove them," said Tom Galvin, the executive director of the Digital Citizens Alliance.