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Facebook said on Monday that it is carrying out the “biggest worldwide campaign” to combat misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines and to inform the public about where and when they can be vaccinated.
Kang-Xing Jin, Facebook’s chief of health, detailed on Monday the social media giant’s efforts to help the public with vaccines to protect against the new coronavirus, saying his work is “similar to how we help people to find information on how to vote during the elections. “
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Facebook said it is giving $ 120 million in advertising credits to help ministries of health, NGOs and United Nations agencies reach “billions of people around the world” with the COVID-19 vaccine and preventive health information.
Facebook also said that “it has partnered with governments in more than 120 countries, as well as multilateral organizations such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF, to provide timely information about COVID-19, including via WhatsApp helplines.”
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“We connect more than 2 billion people from 189 countries to reliable information about coronavirus through our COVID-19 Information Center and informational messages,” said Jin, adding that Facebook is also working to combat any spread of misinformation related to COVID-19 vaccines on its platform.
“We removed more than 12 million pieces of content from Facebook and Instagram containing incorrect information that could lead to imminent physical damage,” said Jin.
Facebook said it is “expanding our efforts to remove false claims on Facebook and Instagram about COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines and vaccines in general during the pandemic.”
“Today, after consultation with major health organizations, including WHO, we are expanding the list of false claims that we will remove to include additional denied claims about COVID-19 and vaccines,” wrote Jin.
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Jin praised Facebook’s efforts, saying that real-time data showed that countries are “leveraging our tools to support the COVID-19 response in their communities”.
“But there is still a long way to go, and in 2021, we are focused on supporting health leaders and public officials in their work to vaccinate billions of people against COVID-19,” wrote Jin. “Building trust and security in these vaccines is critical, so we are launching the largest worldwide campaign to help public health organizations share accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines and encourage people to be vaccinated as soon as the vaccines are made available to them. “
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The Facebook campaign comes after Twitter announced in December that it had extended existing rules to combat misleading tweets about COVID-19 vaccines and will prioritize “removing the most harmful and misleading information” about vaccines.
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And Google, last month, committed $ 150 million to promote education on coronavirus vaccines and will open up Google spaces to serve as vaccination sites.