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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Pinterest takes on the anti-vaccination movement

    Anti-vaccination sentiment has popped up on Pinterest, better known for recipes, wedding planning, and mood boards than for contentious political battles.  Now Pinterest is filtering out anti-vaccine search results. So if you look up vaccines…

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 29, 2019 • 1 min read

    Anti-vaccination sentiment has popped up on Pinterest, better known for recipes, wedding planning, and mood boards than for contentious political battles.

    Now Pinterest is filtering out anti-vaccine search results. So if you look up vaccines on the site, you’ll only get results from major public health organizations.

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Mandy Moore on playing a matriarch and making music again
    1. 0:00Trump plans to sharply cut methane regulations
    2. 9:13Trump wants to open Alaska's Tongass National Forest to logging
    3. 15:47Pinterest takes on the anti-vaccination movementYou’re reading this
    4. 23:28Mandy Moore on playing her most daunting role, and moving on from Ryan Adams to make music again
    5. 38:43Deep breathing can lead to better health
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