It was nearly impossible to find the X account of an epidemiologist whose study linking autism to childhood vaccines garnered millions of views.
The Elon Musk-owned platform banned Epidemiologist and McCullough Foundation Administrator Nicolas Hulscher from search results after he posted a “landmark study” affirming that “vaccines are the dominant risk factor for autism.” When users searched for his name or for his X username, many either got no results or were presented only with other accounts that had similar spellings.
