Anti-vaccine disinformation greatest risk to Covid-19 jab, international lawmakers warned

Damian Collins suggested there should be international rules to keep an eye on how tech giants ‘behave’ File Picture: Nick Ansell/PA

Anti-vaccine disinformation is one of the greatest risks to our way out of the global pandemic, a British MP has warned international lawmakers.

Former UK DCMS Select Committee chair Damian Collins said that those spreading falsehoods about a vaccine represent “one of the clearest examples of real-world harms that fake news can cause”.