Facebook to take down all false vaccine claims, not just those related to coronavirus

Facebook has announced it will expand the list of false health claims it bans from the platform to include debunked claims about vaccines in general.

The social media company said in a blog post that any false claims about the coronavirus, its vaccine and other vaccines, including that COVID-19 is a man-made virus, and that vaccines are dangerous and cause autism, would be removed.

Such claims are already prohibited in advertisements on the…