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Facebook bans false claims about COVID-19 vaccines – Investing.com
Facebook bans false claims about COVID-19 vaccines
By Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford
PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) on Thursday said it would remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, following a similar announcement by Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc’s YouTube in October.
The move expands Facebook’s current rules against falsehoods and conspiracy theories about the pandemic. The social media company says it takes down coronavirus misinformation that poses a risk of “imminent”…
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