[MCM] Facebook bans anti-vaccine ads

[Mark Crispin Miller]

If you're going to get those shots, it's best that you not know about the dangers.

Soon you'll need a "health passport" to use FB at all.

MCM

Facebook Announces Ban on Anti-Vaccine Ads

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By Theodore Bunker    |   Tuesday, 13 October 2020 01:04 PM

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Facebook on Tuesday announced that it will no longer allow any advertising that discourages people from getting a vaccine as part of a series of policy changes targeting misinformation on the social media platform.

The company’s head of health, Kang-Xing Jin, and director of product management, Rob Leathern, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday that Facebook will now reject an ad if it “explicitly discourages someone from getting a vaccine.”

Previously, Facebook’s policy only concerned vaccine hoaxes that had been publicly identified by a global health organization.

“Today, we’re launching a new global policy that prohibits ads discouraging people from getting vaccinated,” they wrote. “We don’t want these ads on our platform.

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