Cyprus, together with the remainder of EU nations, has prolonged its Coronavirus disinformation monitoring program for an additional six months till June 2022.
Tens of millions of commercials with deceptive content material in regards to the lethal virus have been eliminated, based on the European Fee’s information which reveals the variety of blocked ones in Cyprus standing at 38,648. As well as, 364 URL addresses are blocked since January 2020.
The most recent Fee reviews present that YouTube expanded its medical misinformation coverage to incorporate claims about vaccines that contradict native well being authorities’ consensus or the WHO.
TikTok elevated the variety of key phrases / hashtags that may set off tags and banners associated to COVID-19 and vaccines. Twitter up to date its coverage on deceptive details about vaccines.
Microsoft’s LinkedIn has widened the collaboration with influencers in Europe to unfold authoritative messages about vaccination.
Meta/Fb has up to date its insurance policies worldwide on COVID-19 vaccination for youngsters, for instance false content material claiming that vaccines don’t exist for youngsters, or are unsafe and untested.