Facebook will tell people where they can be vaccinated

Facebook will this week show its U.S. users information on where and when they can get Covid-19 vaccines, the company announced Monday.

As part of its Covid-19 information center, Facebook will direct users to local health care providers’ websites where they can get information about their eligibility to be vaccinated. The feature will be expanded worldwide in the coming weeks.

The company also offers $ 120 million in advertising credits to healthcare institutions around the world so they can campaign on Covid-19 vaccines.

In addition, the company said it was working with the World Health Organization to expand its list of false claims related to Covid-19 that would remove Facebook from its services. These include claims that Covid-19 is man-made, claims that vaccines are not effective and claims that vaccines can cause autism.

For groups that have previously violated Facebook’s Covid-19 policies, the company will temporarily require administrators to approve all posts within their groups before they are published. On Instagram, the company will make it harder for people to find accounts that discourage people from being vaccinated. Facebook and Instagram groups, pages and accounts that repeatedly share Covid-19 claims could be completely removed, the company said.

Facebook said it is also working with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to ensure information about the Covid-19 vaccines reaches communities where vaccine access may be lower. These include Native American, black, and Latinx communities.

The company announced in November its plans to provide users with authoritative information on the Covid-19 vaccines.

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