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, @08:57PM (2 children)
My "asinine assertion" is just what happens if one follows your reasoning to logical conclusion. A person sitting in their own home may as well be shooting a machine gun in random directions according to you, they are such a danger to others.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @11:54PM (1 child)
Go back. Reread what I actually wrote. Then, (optionally) respond. Remember: Read. Think. Post. Do not change this order.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @03:32AM
I read what you wrote, it was idiotic. You compared a non-sick individual hanging out in their house to someone shooting a machine gun in every direction.