Thinking about this post I wrote last year where a pretty big account was running *ads* for vax-misinfo pamphlets and FB left it up even after I told them about it ?https://t.co/gpWNOL8M4p https://t.co/NOe6a9F2NO

— Caroline Haskins (@caro1inehaskins) February 8, 2021

On Facebook-owned Instagram, several of the top-ranked search results for “covid vaccine” beneath the CDC notice are anti-vax accounts.

This one has just 48 followers — and almost exclusively pushes conspiracy theories — but Instagram has placed it near the top of the list. https://t.co/31RjkV2V2w pic.twitter.com/64e4uINMem

— Jesselyn Cook (@JessReports) February 8, 2021

I'm looking at the list of things that Facebook says it will take down as "misinformation" and is this retroactive? They'd then have to take down most of public health advice, including from the CDC and the WHO and major newspapers, from the first six months of the pandemic. https://t.co/PpDzWPUdY6

— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) February 8, 2021

That would have been nice in like...idk...2015? https://t.co/ULZjRvFDlM

— ʟᴜʟᴜ ʟᴇ ᴍᴇᴡ☮︎ (@LuluLemew) February 8, 2021

Always too little too late from the social media companies. This should have happened years ago. https://t.co/9kqTq0PjEq

— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) February 8, 2021

One weird thing about this. Seems like Facebook initially planned to announce this last week, but they cancelled the press call last weekend, then pushed the news out today with a one-hour embargo. If you know why, my DMs are open. https://t.co/evsd7qOluP

— issie lapowsky (@issielapowsky) February 8, 2021

We're running the largest worldwide campaign to promote authoritative information about COVID-19 vaccines. https://t.co/AVD44IGaWn

— Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom) February 8, 2021

Monday News: Facebook expands its policies to take down all posts with vaccine-related misinformation, going beyond just COVID issues or previous positions

*that will include taking down posts that vaccines cause Autism*https://t.co/nXaaU3nLqo

— rat king (@MikeIsaac) February 8, 2021

This is progress, as autism-related vaccine disinformation by RFK Jr, Jenny McCarthy, Trump and others caused so much havoc in this country for so many years. https://t.co/s84xycYIPx

— Sree Sreenivasan (@sree) February 8, 2021

Looking at the list, Facebook may have to take down some current real news and public health statements, too. We have ongoing clinical trials with no placebo, for example. (UK heterologous prime boost trial) Also today's reports on ChAdOx1? May need to go under these guidelines. pic.twitter.com/iCCNi6eeBT

— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) February 8, 2021

If you search for “vaccines” on Instagram or Facebook, you’ll see results for anti-vaxx pages and groups. Why? FB spox says the company doesn’t actually crack down on pages pushing broad anti-vaxx narratives unless there is specific false info at play. https://t.co/GvNWZiUfVX

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) February 7, 2021

For anyone who’s been following Facebook for the past, oh, say, decade and a half, this is a familiar pattern:https://t.co/2ONrQEjIRFhttps://t.co/Xife7UmJqv

— Owen Thomas (@owenthomas) February 8, 2021

Misleading and fearmongering content about the Covid vaccines continues to spread at a time when the stakes couldn't be higher: misinformation about the vaccine can mean life or death https://t.co/sZQFzfbP8c

— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2021

I think this is a smart move by Facebook. But, if they have the ability and bandwidth to regulate and monitor false information around vaccines, then they can likely apply the same rigor towards political and advocacy advertising. https://t.co/ASGyP6rZDD

— Jenna Golden (@jigolden) February 8, 2021

Facebook said that it plans to remove posts with false vaccine claims. Instead of targeting only misinformation around Covid vaccines, the update encompasses false claims around all vaccines. https://t.co/Fe4DwsCtro

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 8, 2021

Facebook will start de-ranking Instagram accounts that discourage the Covid-19 vaccine. If accounts and Facebook groups continually share misinformation, they could be banned: https://t.co/0rcsrAMlF7

— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) February 8, 2021

There are *still* countries where public health authorities do not recommend masks (besides being standard advice from WHO till June 2020). Tons of mainstream media articles from 2020 with claims of masks making you sick/higher risk for infection. What about those? pic.twitter.com/u4HBsssUug

— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) February 8, 2021

“We can’t do it! We can’t police it!”

“Oh wait, we actually can now.”

Rinse, repeat. https://t.co/5MdsN8XwVQ

— Ethan Kaplan (@ethank) February 8, 2021

Monday News: Facebook expands its policies to take down all posts with vaccine-related misinformation, going beyond just COVID issues or previous positions

*that will include taking down posts that vaccines cause Autism*https://t.co/nXaaU3nLqo

— rat king (@MikeIsaac) February 8, 2021

Facebook plans to remove posts with erroneous claims about vaccines from across its platform, including taking down assertions that vaccines cause autism or that it is safer for people to contract COVID-19 than to receive the vaccinations. https://t.co/HSRnRPSl0s

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 8, 2021

Great. Will this include claims from health authorities or (possibility) well-meaning journalists that the vaccines have been proven to reduce clinically serious illness or death?

Because those are... how do I put this... not so true. https://t.co/ZMERAuklzR

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) February 8, 2021

Cool! What about false climate science claims, @fbnewsroom⁩? https://t.co/LRF34Fhkxt

— Emily Atkin (@emorwee) February 8, 2021

Facebook says it plans to remove posts with false vaccine claims. https://t.co/74O2IQeRi1

— Norah O'Donnell ?? (@NorahODonnell) February 8, 2021

NYT: Facebook says it plans "to remove posts with erroneous claims about vaccines from across its platform, including taking down assertions that vaccines cause autism or that it is safer for people to contract Covid-19 than to receive the vaccinations." https://t.co/giNB0kahT1

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 8, 2021

US daily #COVID19 rates were ⬇️ in states that adopted mask mandates earlier; hospitalization growth rates declined in 1st two weeks after implementing statewide mask mandates, per @DMAronoff @peterrebeiro @tnmed's Dr Kevin Smith | new in @OUPAcademic https://t.co/doAnQb0Gh3 @FT

— Insights @ VUMC (@VUMC_Insights) February 8, 2021

最新のコロナウイルス：ニューヨークの中学生が2月下旬に教室に戻る(financial times)(自動翻訳) https://t.co/DJYDQDx7kI

— KAZMINUTES (@kazminutes2020) February 8, 2021

Follow our live coronavirus coverage:
??US daily cases dropped below 100,000 on Sunday, the first time in three months
??China has recorded no new cases for the first time in 2021
??South Africa has halted Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccinations
Read more: https://t.co/uXWNCDEnnO

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 8, 2021

Coronavirus latest: US states pull back from record new cases for 2nd week in a row https://t.co/9yLqj6IPq4

— Financial Times (@FT) February 7, 2021

Facebook is expanding its ban on vaccine misinformation and highlighting official information about how and where to get COVID-19 vaccines as governments race to get more people vaccinated. https://t.co/ejn2Lmk6gp

— NPR (@NPR) February 8, 2021

Facebook Widens Ban On COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation In Push To Boost Confidence https://t.co/C2nqQN06X4

— Dani Lever (@Dani_Lever) February 8, 2021

Facebook does this all the time. They announce a big new policy change, get tons of press about it, but the reality is...their approach is hollow at best and often counterproductive. It's performance over actual policy.https://t.co/oGhtBqbjXB

— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) February 8, 2021

Last November, Facebook banned a page used by notorious anti-vaxxer Del Bigtree to spread dangerous COVID-19 misinformation. Bigtree just switched to posting on a different page -- and it wasn't hard to find, it's name is "Del Bigtree" https://t.co/sN9XyM8yZF

— Timothy Johnson (@timothywjohnson) February 8, 2021

Facebook taking tougher action on COVID and general vaccine misinformation, w/ @sarafischer https://t.co/EUmJCl65Hm

— Margaret Harding McGill (@margarethmcgill) February 8, 2021

NEW: Facebook says it will crack down on misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, a partial reversal from its previous position on vaccine misinformation. https://t.co/mLwsTOthXg

— Axios (@axios) February 8, 2021

Facebook says it will crack down on COVID vaccine misinformation https://t.co/f61JERHGiH

— Lucy Turnbull AO (@LucyTurnbull_AO) February 8, 2021

Facebook says it will crack down on COVID vaccine misinformation https://t.co/PkfGXGFGY4 Again, Mark Zuckerberg will determine what's admissible, not a regulator. This is not a good thing

— Marshall Auerback (@Mauerback) February 8, 2021

Latest example here: https://t.co/ZYW2uih5Y9

— Center for Countering Digital Hate (@CCDHate) February 8, 2021

?NEW with @margarethmcgill: Facebook to crack down on COVID vaccine misinformation

— It's a reversal from previous stance on vaccine misinfo.
— Mark Zuckerberg told @axios @mikeallen in Sept Facebook won't target anti-vaxx posts like COVID misinformation https://t.co/nrslVQLCjZ

— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) February 8, 2021

Facebook is going to decide which set of scientific conclusions it is going to support and deny any discussions of scientific studies that don’t support their agenda. Fascism at its finest. https://t.co/w1FcWFF5Zl

— BlackandWhite?? (@blackwhiteALL) February 8, 2021

I'll believe it when I see it.https://t.co/U5GFQ51ZxS

— ProVaxx Mom ?‍? (@ProVaxx2) February 8, 2021

Facebook says it plans to remove posts with false vaccine claims. https://t.co/AuBdKyIZ4M

FBがワクチンについて、自閉症の原因になる、コロナに感染した方が安全であるなどといった誤った主張の投稿を削除するとのこと。
「反ワクチンの主張は10年以上前からあったのに今更か」という反応も。

— 2次パパ (@2dim_papa) February 9, 2021

Facebook says it plans to remove posts with false vaccine claims. The question is if the genie can be put back in the bottle. ⁦@jonathanstea⁩ ⁦@NicoleB_MD⁩ ⁦@CaulfieldTim⁩ https://t.co/fPYNJY0LzQ

— Miranda van Tilburg (@DrvanTilburg) February 8, 2021

Facebook says it plans to remove posts with false vaccine claims https://t.co/vh9IPAZIoW

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) February 8, 2021

Good. Facebook has a responsibility to do this. These vaccines are safe, they save lives, and they're essential to getting the pandemic under control.  https://t.co/Fj1lK6b0Tc

— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) February 9, 2021

Senior Mexican health official fired after attending Super Bowl https://t.co/tvH32vYQij via @financialtimes

— Jude Webber (@jude_webber) February 8, 2021

"Around one in four adults across the UK have now been vaccinated with their first dose, including 91 per cent of over 80s and 95 per cent of individuals aged between 75 and 79." https://t.co/0kEigd5vc4 via @financialtimes

— Federico Cuello (@fcuello) February 8, 2021

Facebook said Monday it will remove posts that spread false information about "COVID-19 vaccines and vaccines in general."https://t.co/Cc8aAFb3Ov

— The HighWire (@HighWireTalk) February 8, 2021

how and who decides?
"Facebook will remove posts that spread false information about "COVID-19 vaccines and vaccines in general. The policy expands on the platform’s policy put in place in December to remove misinformation about coronavirus vaccines."https://t.co/NmMMsde2xO

— thePlutoExperiment (@plutoexperiment) February 8, 2021

Your move, @jack, @Twitter, @TwitterSupport ...https://t.co/uUeikhXKhF

— Social✽Fly (@socflyny) February 9, 2021