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Facebook cracks down on vaccine misinformation
In a blog post, the Menlo Park, Calif. company said it will reject any ads containing misinformation about vaccines, remove any targeted advertising options like 'vaccine controversies,' and will no longer show or recommend content containing this type of misinformation on Instagram Explore or hashtag pages."
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Combatting Vaccine Misinformation
We are working to tackle vaccine misinformation on Facebook by reducing its distribution and providing people with authoritative information on the topic.
[...] Leading global health organizations, such as the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have publicly identified verifiable vaccine hoaxes. If these vaccine hoaxes appear on Facebook, we will take action against them.
For example, if a group or Page admin posts this vaccine misinformation, we will exclude the entire group or Page from recommendations, reduce these groups and Pages’ distribution in News Feed and Search, and reject ads with this misinformation.
We also believe in providing people with additional context so they can decide whether to read, share, or engage in conversations about information they see on Facebook. We are exploring ways to give people more accurate information from expert organizations about vaccines at the top of results for related searches, on Pages discussing the topic, and on invitations to join groups about the topic. We will have an update on this soon.
We are fully committed to the safety of our community and will continue to expand on this work.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @02:21PM (6 children)
I figured that Blaming George Soros *and* claiming he's literally Hitler would be a positive.
Dale Carnegie has failed me again. Sigh!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday March 14 2019, @03:24PM (3 children)
Oh, I thought he had put the word *literally* Hitler in asterisks to point out the absurdity of using the word literal.
Maybe X is *figuratively* Hitler. But not literally Hitler unless Hitler has been resurrected / reincarnated or something into the form of the person X.
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @04:08PM (2 children)
Original AC here. I should have said:
My apologies for the confusion.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @06:57PM (1 child)
Thanks for the clarification. You are still a dumbass, though.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @09:06PM
Thanks! That may the nicest thing anyone's said to me all day. *purrs*
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Thursday March 14 2019, @04:03PM (1 child)
Here's a quick review of "How to win friends and influence people":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People [wikipedia.org]
Especially look at "Twelve Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking" if you want to improve your moderation points.
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @04:11PM
Gosh. I tried hard to avoid Poe's Law [wikipedia.org], but I guess wasn't over the top enough. I'll do better next time. Kissy Kissy!