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Fake news, claims on coronavirus vaccines to be banned by Facebook - Geo News

Facebook says it takes down coronavirus misinformation that poses a risk of imminent harm

PALO ALTO: Fake news and claims about coronavirus vaccines debunked by public health experts around the world will now be removed by Facebook, the social media giant said Thursday. Facebook's move came after a similar announcement in October by Alphabet Inc's YouTube. It also expands the social media network's current rules against falsehoods and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Mark Zuckerberg-led company, any coronavirus misinformation that poses a risk of "imminent" harm gets taken down, while other false claims that fail to reach that threshold are labelled as such and their distribution reduced. Facebook said in a blog post that the global policy change came in response to news that COVID-19 vaccines will soon be rolling out around the world. Two drug companies Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc have asked US authorities for emergency use authorisation of their vaccine candidates. Britain approved the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday, jumping ahead of the rest of the world in the race to begin the most crucial mass inoculation program in history. Misinformation about the new coronavirus vaccines has proliferated on social media during the pandemic, including through viral anti-vaccine posts shared across multiple platforms and by different ideological groups, according to researchers. A November report by the nonprofit First Draft found that 84% of interactions generated by vaccine-related conspiracy content it studied came from Facebook pages and Facebook-owned Instagram. Facebook said it would remove debunked COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies, such as that the vaccines' safety is being tested on specific populations without their consent, and misinformation about the vaccines. "This could include 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," the company said in a blog post. It said it would update the claims it removes based on evolving guidance from public health authorities. Facebook did not specify when it would begin enforcing the updated policy, but acknowledged it would "not be able to start enforcing these policies overnight." The social media company has rarely removed misinformation about other vaccines under its policy of deleting content that risks imminent harm. It previously removed vaccine misinformation in Samoa where a measles outbreak killed dozens late last year and removed false claims about a polio vaccine drive in Pakistan that were leading to violence against health workers. Facebook, which has taken steps to surface authoritative information about vaccines, said in October that it would also ban ads that discourage people from getting vaccines. In recent weeks, Facebook removed a prominent anti-vaccine page and a large private group one for repeatedly breaking COVID misinformation rules and the other for promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory.

Ibrahim Ali Khan proves he is ready for Bollywood with hilarious TikTok video - Geo News

Ibrahim Ali Khan turned to his Instagram with some stellar acting that he put on display through his TikTok video

Bollywood's acclaimed actor Saif Ali Khans name won't be fading out anytime soon, courtesy of his children who are soaring high with their popularity. After Sara Ali Khans roaring success in B-Town with opportunities eyeing her left, right and center, it looks like her little bro Ibrahim Ali Khan will soon be joining in to give her some competition. Ibrahim, turned to his Instagram, in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, to entertain the mounting number of his followers with some stellar acting that he put on display through his TikTok video. The video showed Ibrahim playing a Haryani man donning a white shirt, unbuttoned from the top and asking the other guy, dressed in a sleeveless hoodie and shades, why he looks so worried. The man responds saying his wife was lost. The Haryani man responds saying even he has lost his wife. The other guy asks what his wife looks like and he tells him she is very beautiful. The other man then responds to that saying: Forget about mine, lets look for your wife then. Earlier, Saif had opened up about his son following in his and his sisters footsteps towards the film industry. He told Hindustan Times, He should, hes looking good, better looking than I am! Hes a very charming guy. I definitely think all of my children would be interested in acting. Were an acting family, the whole bunch of us are in the industry. So Im sure. Hes still a little young, and Im keener that he does university first. Then, of course, well support him in whatever he wants to do.