Against even more intoxication spread by anti-vaccine groups.
The social network Facebook announced Monday to redouble efforts in favor of vaccination against the coronavirus, with more information on national campaigns.
Since the beginning of December, the group has been fighting against “fake news” on vaccines.
He intends to do more to “remove false claims about vaccines” on Facebook and Instagram bought in 2012 by Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook has therefore extended its list of misconceptions that will not be tolerated, and are already prohibited in advertisements.
It includes messages stating that Covid-19 has been made by humans, that vaccines are not effective, that it is less dangerous to catch the disease than to be vaccinated, or that the vaccines are toxic or cause autism.
Attention ban!
People who share this kind of disinformation could be banned, the California group warned.
Group admins have been told that they will need to approve posts from members who tend to spread misinformation, before they are shared.
And on Instagram, user accounts looking to discourage their followers from getting the vaccine will be harder to find.
The dominant platforms have been collaborating for months with large health organizations to highlight information "which has authority" on the health crisis, in particular through its "information center on Covid-19".
Via this tab, "more than 2 billion people from 189 countries have been connected to reliable information", argues the company.
Skepticism
Facebook detractors are not convinced.
"Facebook has repeatedly promised to crack down on disinformation related to Covid and anti-vaccines for a year," tweeted an NGO fighting "digital hatred", the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
"Each time, they fail to achieve their goals."
Facebook has been promising to crack down on COVID and anti-vaxx misinformation for the past year.
Every time, it fails to meet these headline announcements with action.
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- Center for Countering Digital Hate (@CCDHate) February 8, 2021
The social network is soon to publish the results of a large study on the pandemic, which has collected 50 million responses from people expressing their opinion or recounting their experiences on subjects such as the symptoms of Covid-19, wearing a mask or 'Health care access.