as mentioned in Facebook has announced its first policy to combat misinformation about vaccines, following in the footsteps of Pinterest and YouTube. "If these vaccine hoaxes appear on Facebook, we will take action against them."Anti-vaccination groups have flourished on Facebook, partly because of the site's search results and "suggested groups" feature. Under Facebook's new policy, groups and pages that spread misinformation about vaccines will have lower rankings and won't be included in recommendations or predictions when users are searching within Facebook, the company said. Facebook said its artificial intelligence system would search for vaccine misinformation and flag posts and links that will then be reviewed by someone at the company. But members of Facebook groups that promote anti-vaccination content will still see the posts on group pages.
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Facebook on defensive over NRL Memes after Mark Geyer threatens legal action over sex tapes
Facebook on defensive over NRL Memes after Mark Geyer threatens legal action over sex tapesPostedFacebook has defended its "reporting tools" after ex-rugby league player Mark Geyer took aim at the "NRL Memes" page, which falsely suggested his daughter had been caught up in the NRL's latest sex tapes scandal. "It's all bullshit — it's not my daughter," Geyer told News Corp.A Facebook spokeswoman said the page was subsequently removed for violating the company's "community standards". Facebook removes content that violates someone's privacy, sexual content such as revenge porn and images that are shared without someone's consent. Victims can provide a photo to Facebook, which then creates an "image fingerprint" that blocks the intimate image from being shared. Earlier this year NRL Memes posted a leaked explicit video of new Roosters player Dylan Napa taken several years ago.Here's how Facebook plans to take action against anti-vaccine content
as mentioned in By Reis Thebault | The Washington PostIn an effort to curb anti-vaccination conspiracy theories and misinformation, Facebook announced Thursday it will no longer recommend the offending pages and groups, and will block advertisements that include false content about vaccines. The tech giant rolled out its plan to combat anti-vaccine content after mounting public pressure culminated in a Capitol Hill hearing this week, when a Senate panel issued a dire warning about the public health danger that vaccine misinformation poses. There, 18-year-old Ethan Lindenberger testified that his mother, an anti-vaccine evangelist, relies on Facebook or Facebook-linked sites for all of her information on the subject. "If these vaccine hoaxes appear on Facebook, we will take action against them."Facebook also said it would be "exploring" ways to counter false content, whenever users do come across it, with "educational information" about vaccines. "I'm happy to see @Facebook's thoughtful application of remove/reduce/inform to health misinformation," she said.Facebook says it will take action against anti-vaccine content. Here's how it plans to do it.
In an effort to curb anti-vaccination conspiracy theories and misinformation, Facebook announced Thursday it will no longer recommend the offending pages and groups, and will block advertisements that include false content about vaccines. The tech giant rolled out its plan to combat anti-vaccine content after mounting public pressure culminated in a Capitol Hill hearing this week, when a Senate panel issued a dire warning about the public health danger that vaccine misinformation poses. There, 18-year-old Ethan Lindenberger testified that his mother, an anti-vaccine evangelist, relies on Facebook or Facebook-linked sites for all of her information on the subject. I've received official responses from @Google and @Facebook re: steps the companies will take to combat anti-vaccine misinformation. The ultimate test will be if these measures reduce the spread of anti-vaccine content on their platforms, to the benefit of public health.collected by :Roy Mark
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