Since the beginning of the pandemic, Facebook has established itself as the true defender of “real” information. We tirelessly fight against groups and pages that spread fake news. At least 3,000 accounts passing false data about vaccines were closed in 2021. This sentence originates from one of the new usage rules that came into force in October 2020, which prohibits the publication of anti-vaccine posts. Facebook, which is already in the middle of numerous scandals, does not want to be blamed as well as blamed At the root of resurgence of distrust in medicine – even if we can reasonably assume that it plays an important role.
Facebook is ready to do anything to protect its image. forging official documents. Actually this New York Times. The social network publishes a list of the most viewed links on its platform every three months, the newspaper explains. But in the first quarter of 2021, there was not just any connection, but a missing connection; more than 54 million times. So why did Facebook leave this out of its report? Because this broadcast is nothing butAn article that stirred up a lot of emotion among anti-vaxxers. Title: “Healthy doctor dies two weeks after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine; CDC is investigating.”
Facebook white caught red-handed trying to show credentials
The top 20 accounts sharing the link are known pages. post anti-vaccine content regularly. In the comments, users question the safety of the vaccine. This link in short Most viewed in the first quarter of 2021, doesn’t show Facebook at its best. So he decided to remove it from his report before he got caught. “We considered publishing the report earlier this year but knew the interest it would generate. […] “We wanted to make repairs in the system.”The company tried to justify itself.
Brian Boland, Facebook’s former vice president of marketing, explains: “You cannot trust a report produced by a company that is designed to combat press narratives rather than real, meaningful transparency. It is the responsibility of regulators and government officials to provide us with this transparency. » Regarding the deceased doctor, investigators said they could not find There is no direct link between the vaccine and the cause of death.
