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Beginning immediately, users, groups and pages that repeatedly spread known COVID-19 falsehoods, as detailed in an ever-expanding list, may see themselves banned from the platform.
Facebook added four categories to the list Monday, explicitly banning claims that COVID-19 is human-made or manufactured; that vaccines are not effective at preventing the disease they are meant to protect against; that it’s safer to get the disease than to get the vaccine; or that vaccines are toxic, dangerous or cause autism.
I especially like this part:
users seeking out vaccine misinformation will instead be redirected to more “authoritative” results.
Facebook has for years refused to take action on disinformation, particularly regarding trump, although once he lost the election and fomented insurrection they finally banned him.
This is an important step in the right direction. Literally millions of people around the world get convinced by social media disinformation campaigns to support flat-earth ideologies. Which in this case could prevent us from ever getting rid of the plague.