AmazonSmile donated more than $40,000 to anti-vaccine groups in 2020

Donations through the online retailer's charitable program come as it faces criticism for its role in health misinformation

Amazon's charitable program is paying tens of thousands of dollars to anti-vaccine groups in a move experts say is shocking" as millions of Americans remain unvaccinated in the face of another Covid-19 wave.

AmazonSmile reportedly donated more than $40,000 to leading sources of vaccine misinformation in 2020, according to separate analyses by Popular Information and the Washington Post.