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Facebook will start removing posts with false vaccine claims – Business Insider – Business Insider
Two leading vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna await approval for emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration.
Facebook will remove posts sharing false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, the company announced on Thursday.
The company will remove claims debunked by public health experts — including ones claiming COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips or that some people will get doses without their consent — from both Facebook and Instagram.
Kang-Xing Jin, head of Facebook Health, said the company will not be able to start enforcing these policies “overnight,” and will continue to update claims removed based on…
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