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Erin Elizabeth Finn known as Erin Elizabeth, is an American conspiracy theorist, alternative health advocate, and blogger, who blogs under the name Health Nut News, and has been called one of the "disinformation dozen" responsible for 65% of Covid-19 anti-vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories on the internet and social media, according to a report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) in 2021.[1]

Erin Elizabeth
Erin Elizabeth
Born
Erin Elizabeth Finn

Chicago
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAlternative health advocate, blogger
SpouseJoseph Mercola
Websitehealthnutnews.com

Career



Activist


Finn runs a website called Health Nut News.[2][3]

By February 2019, Pinterest had banned links to Health Nut News for their promotion of false and dangerous health information.[4]

On 13 May 2021, Facebook banned her personal and professional accounts as well as her 16 groups, for (according to an off-the-record source): "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".[2] YouTube removed her account in September 2021 for breaking its COVID-19 misinformation policies.[5]

Finn is "known for sharing antisemitic content".[2] She receives affiliate marketing income for promoting disinformation videos.[2]


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."[2][6] She is based in Ormond Beach, Florida.[7][8]


References


  1. Salam, Erum (17 July 2021). "Majority of Covid misinformation came from 12 people, report finds". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. Gilbert, David (14 May 2021). "Facebook Is Finally Doing Something About the Biggest Spreaders of Anti-Vax Lies". Vice. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. "About Health Nut News". Health Nut News. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. Wong, Julia (2019-02-28). "Anti-vaxx 'mobs': doctors face harassment campaigns on Facebook". The Guardian. Erin Elizabeth runs the website Health Nut News, links to which have been banned by Pinterest for consistently promoting harmful health misinformation.
  5. Alba, Davey (September 29, 2021). "YouTube bans all anti-vaccine misinformation". The New York Times. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  6. Whyte, Liz (2021-06-21). "Spreading vaccine fears. And cashing in. - Meet the influencers making millions by dealing doubt about the coronavirus vaccines". Montana Free Press. The vaccine-skeptical corners of the internet promote the same names again and again: the Bollingers; Dr. Joseph Mercola, who runs a supplement empire while dispatching near-daily anti-vaccine missives; Erin Elizabeth Finn, Mercola's "better half", who markets her own line of extracts and serums while airing vaccine doubts on her Health Nut News platforms;
  7. "Contact Us". Health Nut News. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. "Erin Elizabeth Finn". propublica.org. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.



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