Facebook to remove 'false claims' on COVID-19 vaccines

Dec 04, 2020, at 02:53 pm

Washington/UNI: Facebook and its subsidiary, Instagram, plan to remove posts with what they consider to be false information or conspiracy theories about COVID-19 vaccines, the company said.

Facebook removes video about COVID-19 drug from RT Arabic's official page

Jul 20, 2020, at 09:55 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: Facebook has removed a video about a drug against the coronavirus from the official account of the RT Arabic broadcaster.

UN health agency welcomes Facebook pledge to stop vaccine misinformation from going viral

Sep 06, 2019, at 10:24 am

New York, Sept 6 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday welcomed Facebook’s pledge to ensure users can separate fact from fiction when it comes to vaccines, across its platforms from Facebook Search, to Groups, Pages and forums.

Who's in control? U of T researcher examines why it's so difficult to disconnect from social media

Oct 19, 2018, at 04:10 pm

Toronto, Oct 19 (IBNS): Academics have spent the last decade studying connectivity and social media – a trend that has more than two billion people around the world on Facebook and counting.

The teenage brain on social media,says study

Jun 05, 2016, at 11:43 pm

Washington, June 5 (IBNS) The same brain circuits that are activated by eating chocolate and winning money are activated when teenagers see large numbers of “likes” on their own photos or the photos of peers in a social network, according to a first-of-its-kind UCLA study that scanned teens’ brains while using social media.