Facebook steps up to stop fake news about coronavirus vaccine

Social networking website Facebook has started work to prevent fake news and claims regarding the coronavirus vaccine. According to international media, Facebook has updated its policy to prevent misleading information regarding Covid-19 to remove fake claims regarding vaccines.

This announcement by Facebook comes at a time when Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, while it is likely to be done soon in the US and other parts of the world.

Earlier, the policy stated that posts containing fake details regarding the virus that might cause harm would be removed from the social network.

Facebook has now expanded this policy and will now take action once morest posts that make claims regarding vaccines that contradict research findings.

Facebook will also take action once morest conspiracy theories regarding vaccines, such as the presence of microchips in vaccines, while users who make false claims regarding the safety, efficacy, ingredients or side effects of vaccines will also face company action. must be faced.

Facebook said that the policy will not be implemented overnight and that the list of claims will be continuously updated with developments in Covid-19 vaccines.

However, it is not clear how the delay in adopting this policy will compensate for the damage caused by the spread of misleading reports regarding the vaccine.

British fact-checking organization FullFact said in a statement that at a time when a coronavirus vaccine might potentially be introduced in a few months, a wave of misleading reports and details regarding the vaccine is destroying people’s confidence in the vaccine. can do

He said that this project has been designed keeping in mind the lessons learned from such campaigns in the past, so that we are able to stop the next crisis before it arises.