Facebook is trying to stop Bogus health of online distribution

Facebook is working to make the range of places to limit “sensational information about health”, in the print disinformation effort, according to a new announcement by the network of social media. Social media sites are notorious breeding ground for the dubious health information from anti-vaccine arguments too good to be true health claims. A Wall Street Journal survey released Tuesday was the same day he made his announcement of Facebook she found that Facebook and YouTube are promoting filled with questionable alternative cancer therapies contributions, for example. Many of these therapies are tested and can be dangerous when patients rely on them, rather than the physician-prescribed care. Facebook’s new policy is designed to prevent the spread of this type of content because, as stated in the announcement: “People do not like posts that have spam or sensational, and misleading health content is particularly serious for our community, “the site is in trying to crackdown contributions indications on no solid health to sell products or services, the ad says. But instead of removing the sensational health messages outright, Facebook is the way it is sorted the news feed users so that fewer people see them. Contributions contain certain phrases commonly used – those that “exaggerated or misled,” the Post or proposing or using health claims to hawk products like weight loss pills or drugs – are displayed in the newsfeed manual lowering. The strategy is similar to that of Facebook uses the influence of clickbait of publishers posted limit. The ad does not mention groups where health related misinformation often spreads and brings in established communities. This is not the first attempt by Facebook to improve the quality of health information on their website. has Together for platforms like YouTube and Pinterest, Facebook already implemented correction must be false diffusion limit anti-vaccine content that often proliferate online, and can the type of vaccine skepticism contribute, the resurface measles in the US in March allowed have announced that they are working with groups such as the World health organization and the center for Disease control and Prevention says the wrong vaccine identified so that “take action” can limit their contents against the manifest and influence.
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