Facebook, Instagram Consider Whether To Keep Removing False COVID Claims

Facebook, Instagram Consider Whether To Keep Removing False COVID Claims

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced Tuesday it will consider easing its COVID-19 misinformation policy to allow posts that make false claims about the coronavirus to stay on the platform.

The company has removed over 25 million pieces of content, including false pandemic claims around masks, social distancing and vaccines, since the beginning of the pandemic, senior Meta executive Nick Clegg said in a statement announcing the move