Last Updated: June 17, 2023, 01:32 IST
The emblem of Meta Platforms is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. Picture taken May 22, 2022. (Reuters File Photo)
Social media platforms akin to Facebook and Twitter got here underneath immense stress to sort out misinformation associated to the pandemic
Meta Platforms stated on Friday its misinformation coverage associated to Covid-19 on Facebook and Instagram would not be in impact globally.
Social media platforms akin to Facebook and Twitter got here underneath immense stress to sort out misinformation associated to the pandemic, together with false claims about vaccines, prompting them to take stringent measures.
Earlier in 2021, Facebook stated it took down 1.3 billion pretend accounts between October and December and eliminated greater than 12 million items of content material on Covid-19 and vaccines that world well being specialists flagged as misinformation.
The Facebook father or mother in July final 12 months sought the opinion of its unbiased oversight board on modifications to its present method, given the development in genuine sources of data and basic consciousness round covid.
However, Meta stated on Friday that the foundations would nonetheless stand in international locations, which nonetheless have a Covid-19 public well being emergency declaration, and the corporate would proceed to take away content material that violates its coronavirus misinformation insurance policies.
“We are consulting with well being specialists to know which claims and classes of misinformation might proceed to pose this danger,” Meta said in a blog post.
Earlier in November, Twitter also rolled back its Covid-19 misinformation policy.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Reuters)
