Pinterest's New Vaccine Search Will Offer Something Rare on Social Media: Facts [theguardian.com]
By Julia Carrie Wong, The Guardian, August 28, 2019 When Pinterest realized in 2018 that the search results for many health-related terms – such as “vaccines” or “cancer cure” – were polluted with non-scientific misinformation, the visual social media site took a radical step: it broke the search function for those terms. “If you’re looking for medical advice, please contact a healthcare provider,” a message on the otherwise blank page read. On Wednesday, Pinterest announced a new step in...