Facebook has announced that it will work with global and local health organizations to combat misinformation about the HIV status.
The company said it will remove posts about conspiracy theories, misinformation and fake remedies for the Corona virus from social networks platforms owned by the company, such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook health chief Kang Shen Jin, in a post on the company’s blog, explained Facebook’s steps to combat misinformation about the deadly virus.
"We are doing this as an extension of our current policies to remove content that might cause material harm," Jin wrote. "We focus on allegations aimed at discouraging treatment or taking appropriate precautions."
Wrong information about the Corona virus has spread on social media, such as posts and videos that circulate on Facebook and claim - falsely - that vitamin C will treat or prevent the virus.
Jin wrote that Facebook will allow health organizations to report any content on Facebook and Instagram that promotes harmful content such as conspiracy theories or wrong treatments to combat the disease.
The plan is part of the current efforts of the social media giant to stop misinformation by allowing independent truth checkers to review the information content.
If a publication contains wrong information by a verification partner, the publishing scope will be limited on platforms and users will see an alert informing them of the results of the fact checker.
Jin also said that Facebook will begin to display a unit of information about the crisis when users view searches or hashtags related to the virus, following a similar policy announced by Twitter earlier this week.