Facebook announced it was taking more proactive steps to combat conspiracy theories and misinformation about vaccines. In a statement detailing the steps to promote reliable information about the COVID-19 vaccine, the social media giant shared a list of false and harmful claims about the vaccine to be banned on its platform.Facebook first announced in December that it would eliminate the unproven theory about the coronavirus vaccine on both Instagram and Facebook, a move that is right since the first vaccine was approved. A preliminary list of false information the platform has indicated to delete. "False claims that the COVID-19 vaccine contains a microchip or anything else that is not on the official vaccine ingredient list" claims it does not contain COVID-19 or is no worse than influenza and claims that COVID-19 is born. From or linked to 5G communication technology

An additional list of false information to be removed at xo this time includes claims that COVID-19 is man-made, where the vaccine is not effective in preventing the disease they are intended to prevent. And COVID-19 infection is safer Before getting vaccinated Facebook said these new standards will take effect immediately, adding that accounts, pages and groups that Repeatedly "share these refuted claims" on Facebook and Instagram may be removed.Facebook launched its first major campaign against misinformation in 2016 after US intelligence ruled that Russia meddled in the US election it formed an alliance with fact-checking organizations. Instead, they are reluctant to ban or delete posts that are false or misleading.

For years, pop-up dialogs have been added to warn of inaccurate or unproven information. Users can still read the post, leave comments and click on the links that are included.Facebook continued to add these warnings to posts containing misinformation throughout the 2020 election, including flagging numerous posts from former President Trump that spread irrational claims about Voter fraud After the devastating Capitol Riot on Jan. 6, Facebook locked Mr Trump's account and banned him from the platform a day later.Before Mr Trump was banned and after years of pressure, the platform also tried to crack down on hate speech by blocking people like Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan and Milogian Nopoulos

However, when it comes to anti-vaccination content, previous pledges to combat misinformation have been focused on reducing the visibility of scams and misinformation in news feeds and searches, rather than reducing the visibility of fraud and misinformation in news feeds and searches. Remove all content The anti-vaccine movement has grown rapidly in recent years. Beliefs about the potential dangers of vaccination in children persist, although there are several studies showing vaccines do not cause autism. Some experts blame social media platforms' reluctance to mislead vaccine data for the 2015 measles outbreak, a disease that had previously been eradicated in the United States in 2000.