vaccine misinformation
Facebook updates vaccine censorship policies for statements about vaccinating kids aged 5-11
Statements that suggest the vaccines could cause harm to kids are now banned.
Facebook rejects “disinformation dozen” narrative (censors them anyway)
Facebook has said that the common trope that 12 individuals are responsible for most vaccine “misinformation” online is in itself misinformation.
Facebook recruits new “fact-checker” after White House demands vaccine skeptic crackdown
A step up in censorship.
Ireland: Instagram bans former Xposé host Aisling O’Loughlin for “misinformation”
O’Loughlin has moved to Telegram.
Facebook bans pro-life outlet LifeSiteNews
The outlet was also recently banned from YouTube.
Prince Harry: online “misinformation” is a “global threat to humanity”
The Royal claimed it even harms those who don’t believe it.
WhatsApp hands out cash to oppose vaccine skepticism
Reuters received the biggest grant.
State Attorneys General tell Facebook and Twitter to kill vaccine skepticism
12 State Attorneys General wrote a letter to the CEOs.
Facebook steps up labeling of all conversations about vaccines, will send users to the WHO
All posts will now be labeled.
UK Labour Party calls on PM Boris Johnson to censor vaccine-skeptic conversations online
The party wants a new bill that forces Big Tech to delete conversations that criticize the vaccine.
Bill Gates: Big Tech companies “doing more now” to address “wild stories” about vaccines
Gates questioned whether such stories would affect mask wearing and willingness to take the vaccine.
Facebook bans ads discouraging coronavirus vaccines
The platform has also partnered with the WHO to start telling people to get vaccinated.