Facebook is brutal: it will not allow misinformation about vaccines

Nowadays, one of the worst evils that appear in the modern world is misinformation. A weapon that has been in use for centuries, but in this very technical age has become a very powerful instrument, as the 2016 campaign for the US presidency shows. In fact, even the Spanish CNI points out that the most dangerous of the next elections in April will be Fake News and Disinformation.

Misinformation about vaccines

The main health organizations in the world, such as the World Health Organization and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. UU., identified public announcements that, after being verified, turned out to be "false and misleading. If these vaccine announcements appear on Facebook, we will act against them. "

According to Facebook, if a group or the administrator of a page publishes incorrect information about vaccines, "we will exclude this whole group or the page of recommendations, We will reduce the distribution of these groups and pages in the news feed and search results, and we will reject ads seeking to misinform. "

The social network believes in the benefits of providing people additional context so that they can decide to read, share or participate in conversations about the information they see on Facebook. In this direction, "We are exploring different ways to provide people with more accurate information from vaccine specialist organizations in addition to the associated research findings. ", in the pages dealing with the subject and in invitations to join interest groups related to vaccines.

Facebook measures against misinformation of vaccines

• "We will reduce the classification (or level) of these groups and pages that broadcast erroneous information on vaccines in the news and in research. These groups and pages will not be included in the recommendations or predictions when the user enters the search field. "
• "We will reject all advertisements containing incorrect information about vaccines. In addition, we have eliminated specific policy options such as "vaccine conflicts". With advertising accounts that continue to violate our policies, we may take other measures, such as disabling your advertising account. "
• "We will not show or recommend content containing incorrect informationabout vaccines in the Instagram crawl bar or hashtags ".