WHO partners with Facebook stop the spread of inaccurate vaccine information

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The World Health Organization said the spread of inaccurate vaccine information is 'a major threat to global health that could reverse decades of progress made in tackling preventable diseases.'

Facebook and Instagram will direct users searching for vaccine information to the WHO's data.

A nurse holds up a one dose bottle and a prepared syringe of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019 in Provo, Utah.to stop the spread of inaccurate information about vaccines, which the WHO calls "a major threat to global health that could reverse decades of progress made in tackling preventable diseases."

Public health experts have pointed to anti-vaccination content online as playing a major role in scaring parents away from getting their kids vaccinated, resulting in outbreaks of measles and other illnesses.

 

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It must be time to push the false narrative.

Vaccines kill people. Facebook is saying if you tell the truth, we will kick you off of Facebook. Sounds like Facebook is run by Hitler.

I can’t stand that big tech wants to control your thinking. They do this with politics as well.

I thought Facebook's corporate mission was to spread disinformation.

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