Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Selena Gomez has reiterated her frustration with Facebook for allegedly not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines.The singer expressed concerns last September that the social media platform was a vessel for hate speech, racism and fake news, citing at the time misinformation about US voting.
She later tweeted that year that “scientific disinformation has and will cost lives” in relation to the pandemic.Now, the singer and actress has taken to her social media again to warn of the dangers of allowing anti-vaxxers prominence on Facebook and its other platform, Instagram.“In December I asked @Facebook and @Instagram to take action on lies about COVID and vaccines,” she tweeted earlier this week.
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