Facebook announces Ban on false claims about Coronavirus vaccines
San Francisco: Facebook on Thursday announced to step up its fight against the misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines, saying it will remove false claims about these vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts on its platform as well as Instagram.
Facebook said it will remove false claims that Covid-19 vaccines contain microchips, or anything else that isn't on the official vaccine ingredient list.
"Given the recent news that COVID-19 vaccines will soon be rolling out around the world, over the coming weeks we will start removing false claims about these vaccines," the social network said in an update.
Facebook said it is applying its policy to remove misinformation about the virus that could lead to imminent physical harm.
This could include false claims about the safety, efficacy, ingredients or side effects of the vaccines.
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