Facebook has announced a very important decision that it is taking because of the new Coronavirus, the American company reaching this situation after it failed to control the way in which misinformation is distributed within its platform by unknown people.
Facebook decided to ban the promotion of information that urges people not to vaccinate against the new coronavirus after vaccines are available, and this was the only logical decision the American company could make to protect people around the world.
Facebook is starting to stop showing too many people content that is meant to discourage people from getting vaccinated, which is also a very good measure because, again, there are a lot of lies shared by people on the platform, and we have seen enough who believe in all the nonsense.
Facebook takes this decision after it was "closed with the door" in various countries, and by various governments, because of the measures it kept applying, or refusing to apply them, so it had a choice between this, fines , or banning the operation of the platform.
"Our goal is to help messages about the safety and efficacy of vaccines reach a broad group of people, while prohibiting misinformation ads that could harm public health efforts. Ads advocating for or against government vaccine legislation or policy – including a COVID-19 vaccine – are still allowed.”
