Erin Elizabeth Finn is an American alternative health advocate who blogs under the name Health Nut News. She is known for propagating

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relating to healthcare topics like

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and vaccines. She and her partner Joseph Mercola have been called two of the "

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dozen" responsible for 65% of COVID-19

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misinformation on the internet and social media, according to a report by the

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(CCDH) in 2021.

Career

Finn runs a website called Health Nut News. By February 2019,

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had banned links to Health Nut News for their promotion of false and dangerous health information. On May 13, 2021,

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banned her personal and professional accounts, her 16 groups, and her Instagram accounts.

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reported that an unauthorized source at Facebook said that the accounts were banned for "spammy and inauthentic behavior they relied on to build their audience. They misled people about the popularity of their posts and used fake accounts to spam people and evade our enforcement."

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removed her account in September 2021 for breaking its

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policies. The White House also put pressure on social media companies and mentioned the "disinformation dozen", saying "they were responsible for a great deal of misinformation about Covid-19". Finn has promoted

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conspiracy theories. She receives

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income for promoting disinformation videos.

Personal life

Elizabeth is professionally associated with and the romantic partner of Joseph Mercola, who has been described as "a major funder of the anti-vax movement who has made millions from selling alternative health supplements online." She is based in

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References

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