Facebook assures Australian government it’s making it hard to find vaccine-skeptic content

Following news that more than one-in-three people would refuse a coronavirus vaccine, governments such as that in Australia want tech companies such as Facebook to share what they’re doing to suppress vaccine skeptic content and other forms of “misinformation.”

Facebook has recently shared a submission it sent to the Australian Select Committee on Foreign Interference to highlight how it was extending its efforts to curb “misinformation” on its platform.

The Big Tech social media giant has also addressed the issues it faces when it comes to free speech and how it has other priorities than the virtue of freedom of expression.

“Since the very beginning of the crisis, we have been displaying on Facebook and Instagram prompts to direct users to official sources of information, including from the Australian government and the World Health Organization (WHO),” wrote Facebook.

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