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Facebook said Monday it was launching the “biggest global campaign” to combat misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines, and to inform the public about where and when they can be vaccinated.
Kang-Xing Jin, head of health at Facebook, on Monday outlined the social media giant’s efforts to help the public with vaccines to protect the new coronavirus, saying his work was ‘similar to how we helped people’. has to find information on how to vote during elections. “
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Facebook has said it is giving $ 120 million in advertising credits to help health ministries, NGOs and agencies reach ‘billions of people around the world’ with COVID-19 vaccine and preventative health information.
Facebook also said it had ” partnered with governments in more than 120 countries, as well as multilateral organizations such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF, to provide timely information on COVID-19, including via helplines on WhatsApp. ‘
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| FB | FACEBOOK INC. | 266.58 | -1.52 | -0.57% |
“We have linked more than 2 billion people from 189 countries to reliable information about the coronavirus through our COVID-19 information center and information messages,” Jin said, adding that Facebook is also working to spread any misinformation about COVID -19 to combat. vaccines on their platform.
“We have removed more than 12 million pieces of content on Facebook and Instagram that contain incorrect information that could lead to imminent physical damage,” Jin said.
Facebook said it was “expanding our efforts to remove false claims on Facebook and Instagram about COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines and vaccines in general during the pandemic.”
“Today, after consultation with leading health organizations, including the WHO, we are expanding the list of false claims that we will remove to include additional decrepit claims about COVID-19 and vaccines,” Jin wrote.
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Jin pointed to Facebook’s efforts, saying real-time data showed that countries “use our tools to support the COVID-19 response in their communities.”
“But there is still a long way to go and in 2021 we are committed to supporting health leaders and public officials in their work to vaccinate billions of people against COVID-19,” Jin wrote. “It is critical to build trust and confidence in these vaccines, which is why we are launching the largest global campaign to help public health organizations share accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines and encourage people to be vaccinated. as vaccines become available.
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Facebook’s campaign comes after Twitter announced in December that it had expanded existing rules to combat misleading tweets about COVID-19 vaccines and that it would prioritize the “removal of the most harmful, misleading information” about the vaccines.
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And Google dedicated $ 150 million last month to promoting coronavirus vaccine education and will open up Google spaces to serve as vaccination sites.