Facebook , the very open political platform that would care to bethe opposite of that in the near future , announce a big change this week : It will no longer be a dumping grounds for the anti - vaccination conspiracies of a few misinformed buffoon .
“ We are working to tackle vaccine misinformation on Facebook by reducing its distribution and providing people with authoritative selective information on the matter , ” Monika Bickert , Facebook ’s Vice President of Global Policy Management , wrote in acompany blog postthis afternoon .
As adumbrate , the global kneecapping of anti - vaxers on Facebook will take a few forms : downgrading the ranking of Page and groups from search and on News Feed , refuse ads that contain misinformation about vaccines , and 86ing these sorts of conspiracy from recommendations , Explore pages , and hashtag Page within Instagram , which Facebook , of course , owns .
The alteration come less thana monthafter California Congressman Adam Schiff air aletterto Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressing concern that Instagram and Facebook were “ come up and recommending message that deter parents from vaccinating their kid . ”
This class the World Health Organization addedvaccine hesitancyto its lean of top global threats .
I do n’t have anything rum to fill up this out . Vaccines are in effect . Herd exemption is genuine . Please vaccinate your tiddler .
Mark Zuckerberg
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