Meta says a policy implemented to curb the spread of misinformation related to Covid on Facebook and Instagram will no longer be in effect globally.
Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images fileMeta Platforms said on Friday that a policy put in place to curb the spread of misinformation related to Covid-19 on Facebook and Instagram would no longer be in effect globally.
Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter came under immense pressure to tackle misinformation related to the pandemic, including false claims aboutEarlier in 2021, Facebook said it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December and removed more than 12 million pieces of content on Covid-19 and vaccines that global health experts flagged as misinformation.
“We are consulting with health experts to understand which claims and categories of misinformation could continue to pose this risk,” Meta said in a blog post.
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