Posted on 12/04/2020 3:09:08 PM PST by xomething
The company will delete what it says are ‘false claims about the safety, efficacy, ingredients or side effects of the vaccines.’
MENLO PARK, California, December 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Social media giant Facebook has announced it will be removing any posts regarding the upcoming COVID-19 vaccines from its platforms if the information is deemed to be “false.”
The press release issued yesterday states that “[g]iven the recent news that COVID-19 vaccines will soon be rolling out around the world, over the coming weeks we will start removing false claims about these vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts on Facebook and Instagram. This is another way that we are applying our policy to remove misinformation about the virus that could lead to imminent physical harm.”
The “public health experts” are not named. However, the website where the press release was published also contains a video of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg interviewing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) and President Donald Trump’s top advisor during the coronavirus crisis, thus indicating who might be considered an authority on “false claims” about vaccines.
Fauci has previously suggested that “a degree of normality” akin to that which existed before the coronavirus crisis would only be reached by the end of 2021.
Facebook’s press release outlined the kinds of posts and statements which will be removed, promising to delete “false claims about the safety, efficacy, ingredients or side effects of the vaccines. For example, we will remove false claims that COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips, or anything else that isn’t on the official vaccine ingredient list.”
Thoughts or suggestions deemed to be “conspiracy theories” will also be removed. It is unclear when the enforcement will begin precisely, with Facebook mentioning that the promised cull will not begin “overnight.”
Beyond removing posts, Facebook additionally promised to promote its own news, as sourced via its COVID-19 Information Center.
The promised censorship from the Big Tech company comes in the wake of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where senators grilled both Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey about the issue of censorship.
At the time, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) questioned Zuckerberg regarding information he had received from a whistleblower stating that Big Tech companies collaborated in censorship and that “Facebook has an internal platform to manage it.”
Using that platform, Facebook employees “discuss which individuals, or hashtags, or websites to ban,” Hawley said.
The senator also quizzed Zuckerberg about Centra, a tool used by the company “to track its users not just on Facebook but across the entire internet.” Replying as to how many accounts in the United States had been shut down using the program, Zuckerberg said, “I’m not familiar with the name of that tool.”
Closing his questions, Hawley gave a summary of the relation between the Big Tech companies and their influence upon citizens: “What we have here is clear evidence of coordination between Twitter, Google and Facebook. Mr. Zuckerberg knows he has the tools to track this, but he either doesn’t remember or won’t commit to letting us see it.”
President Trump recently confirmed that he would veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense-spending bill, unless it does away with Section 230, which provides indemnity to Big Tech companies.
I’ve never had a Facebook page and I appreciate the reminder as to why.
“Doctor Facebook”
the mask is off now. They’re clearly no longer a platform provider. Censorship of the platform is content providing.
Time to pull their protections.
the vaccine will cause sterilization of women
and FB and the stockholders should be RESPONSIBLE
for KNOWINGLY INCREASING the sterilizations.
Pfizers scientists have started leaving because
the spike protein overlaps Pangolins and human placenta
protein and there is {planned} sterilization of
the remaining American sheep
hiding in their homes behind politician-demanded masks.
Loopback in the hosts file.
They are being sued in like 40 states if you trust Facebook for anything other then cat photos or pictures of what your mom brought you for dinner then you have some mental issues to deal with
It is the evil leftists that are into forced vaccines and government compliance
never forget that
Evil Democrats have always been 100% of the driving force for forced vaccines
This is America - a free nation !!!
if you believe in vaccines; if you want to get a shot from the government - go right ahead
Do not!!! I repeat do not !!!!
start down your government tyranny scheme of saying “ you shall get this vaccine “ or “ we will take rights and privileges away from you”
Screw you !! screw this vaccine !! and screw this stupid bug !!!!
I am not afraid of it !!!! many people are not afraid of it !!!
nor ARE WE FREE PEOPLE afraid of you !!!
We will destroy TYRANNY at every turn!
Don’t make us take up arms against you !!!you will regret it!!
Do not try to sabotage the United States of America!!
If you do that , we will consider you the enemy
This is a war right now
Stop using them.
Go elsewhere and Zuckerberg will melt into dust
ditto
the vaccine will cause sterilization of women
and FB and the stockholders should be RESPONSIBLE
for KNOWINGLY INCREASING the sterilizations.
Pfizers scientists have started leaving because
the spike protein overlaps Pangolins and human placenta
protein and there is {planned} sterilization of
the remaining American sheep
hiding in their homes behind politician-demanded masks.
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the vaccine will cause sterilization of women
Pfizer’s scientists have started leaving....
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Do you have some links for this that I can share?
No, the under 30 crowd has us to blame for having mental issues in denying the reality that’s surrounded us for, oh, 50 years now.
and I am still doubtful all will rise up against a successful coup
No, the under 30 crowd has us to blame for having mental issues in denying the reality that’s surrounded us for, oh, 50 years now.
and I am still doubtful all will rise up against a successful coup
I’m going to post “The COVID-19 vaccine turned me into a newt, but I got better.”
There must be bodies everywhere.
Facebook the Know it all and Expert on everything , D’oh
I long for the day Facebook goes the way of Myspace.
Who decides what’s a false claim when the so called experts are all over the board on this. Big tech covering for the police state.
And obviously, I did not.
8:)
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