Category: anti-vaccine

Facebook is still running anti-vaccination ads despite ban

[ad_1] The ads appear to violate Facebook policies that ban ads with claims debunked either by outside fact checking teams or “organizations with particular expertise,” including anti-vaccination content. In the case of these ads, the World Health Organization would be one of those groups. Earthley also promotes anti-vaccination myths through its public accounts and groups, […]

Facebook will make anti-vaccine content less visible

[ad_1] Facebook’s crackdown on anti-vaxxers won’t just punish groups that spread the information, it will also make them harder to find. Anti-vaccine groups will be excluded from recommendations and won’t come up as predictions when typing in the search bar on Facebook. Advertisements that include misinformation about vaccinations will be rejected, and Facebook is squashing […]