Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Facebook Moves Against Vaccine Misinformation
Facebook Inc, which has been criticized by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said on Monday it has started adding labels to posts that discuss the safety of the shots and will soon label all posts about the vaccines. The social media company said in a blog post it is also launching a tool in the United States to give people information about where to get COVID-19 vaccines and adding a COVID-19 information area to its photo-sharing site Instagram. (Culliford, 3/15)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that Facebook is building a tool to connect people to information about where and when to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook has been blamed for the spread of anti-vaccination misinformation during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. (Fischer, 3/15)
The research effort discovered early evidence of significant overlap between communities that are skeptical of vaccines and those affiliated with QAnon, a sprawling set of baseless claims that has radicalized its followers and been associated with violent crimes, according to the documents. (Dwoskin, 3/14)
