Facebook said on Thursday that it wanted to fight more severely disinformation on the vaccines against Covid-19 which will soon be distributed around the world, by more systematically removing false claims on these products.
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The social network had already banned ads since October discouraging users from getting vaccinated and regularly removes incorrect and potentially harmful information about the new coronavirus.
"
Over the next few weeks, we will begin to remove false vaccine claims (against Covid-19) that have been refuted by public health experts on Facebook and Instagram,
" the social network wrote in a blog post on Thursday. .
The group says it will be vigilant over misinformation related to the safety, efficacy, ingredients or side effects of vaccines.
Facebook, for example, plans to remove "
false claims that Covid-19 vaccines contain microchips
" or certain "
conspiracy theories
" such as that claiming that specific populations are used without their consent to test the safety of new products.
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The group warns that its policy may change as knowledge about Covid-19 vaccines may change.