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The emblem of Meta Platforms is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. Picture taken May 22, 2022. (Reuters File Photo)
Social media platforms reminiscent of Facebook and Twitter got here beneath immense strain to deal with misinformation associated to the pandemic
Meta Platforms stated on Friday its misinformation coverage associated to Covid-19 on Facebook and Instagram would now not be in impact globally.
Social media platforms reminiscent of Facebook and Twitter got here beneath immense strain to deal with misinformation associated to the pandemic, together with false claims about vaccines, prompting them to take stringent measures.
Earlier in 2021, Facebook stated it took down 1.3 billion pretend accounts between October and December and eliminated greater than 12 million items of content material on Covid-19 and vaccines that international well being consultants flagged as misinformation.
The Facebook dad or mum in July final yr sought the opinion of its impartial oversight board on modifications to its present method, given the development in genuine sources of data and normal consciousness round covid.
However, Meta stated on Friday that the principles would nonetheless stand in nations, which nonetheless have a Covid-19 public well being emergency declaration, and the corporate would proceed to take away content material that violates its coronavirus misinformation insurance policies.
“We are consulting with well being consultants to grasp which claims and classes of misinformation may proceed to pose this danger,” Meta said in a blog post.
Earlier in November, Twitter also rolled back its Covid-19 misinformation policy.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Reuters)
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