That statistic is from the nonprofit Middle for Countering Electronic Hate (CCDH) which determined in a report posted in March about a dozen men and women it reported have been super-spreaders of anti-vaccine misinformation.

The CCDH experienced at the time known as on Facebook and Twitter to shut down all internet pages operate by these people.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a notable figure in the anti-vaccine motion, is among the the persons whom the CCDH reported really should be kicked off social media.

Kennedy’s web page on Fb-owned Instagram was shut down earlier this 12 months for sharing Covid-19 misinformation, Fb stated. On the other hand, Kennedy is even now allowed on Fb (FB) by itself, and he has a lot more than 300,000 followers on the platform.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and a prominent figure in the anti-vaccination movement, in 2020.

Outlining why Kennedy was kicked off just one of its platforms but not the other, a Facebook spokesperson told CNN Thursday, “We don’t immediately disable accounts across our applications, mainly because the accounts may possibly submit about various matters on our distinctive solutions.”

At the time the CCDH’s report was launched in March, Kennedy explained to NPR that he experienced become extra careful on Facebook, which in accordance to NPR he also accused of censorship. “I have to submit, like, unicorns and kitty cat photos on there,” he explained.

The CCDH stated Friday that 35 social media accounts tied to the folks it discovered have now been shut down, shedding them 5.8 million followers, but 62 accounts with a overall of 8.4 million followers are even now lively.

CNN described Thursday that meetings among the Biden administration and Fb have developed “tense,” in accordance to a human being common with the conversations.

The human being pointed specially to Kennedy’s nevertheless-lively Facebook account as an instance of what some White House officers view as Facebook’s inaction with regards to Covid-19 misinformation.

A Fb spokesperson instructed CNN Friday the enterprise experienced shut down some pages and teams belonging to the dozen or so persons discovered by the CCDH but would not say what internet pages.

A spokesperson for Twitter (TWTR) did not immediately react to a request for remark.