The European Commission published, on Thursday 11 December, the latest reports produced, at its request, by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and TikTok, (see EUROPE 12597/2) to report on the measures taken in October by these five platforms to tackle disinformation related to Covid-19.
Platforms were invited to include a section detailing actions taken to limit disinformation about vaccines.
Microsoft reports that when a person makes a search request on Bing on the subject, information from authoritative sources on the Covid-19 vaccine, press articles, etc., are highlighted in the results.
Facebook explains that it has taken steps to “reject” any advertising “explicitly discouraging someone from getting a vaccine”, in order to “help messages about the safety and efficacy of vaccines reach a broad group of people”.
The platform states that advertising that “advocates for or opposes [...] government policies on vaccines” is still allowed, provided it is labelled “paid for by”.
TikTok finally details that the hundred or so videos produced as part of the “Project Halo”, in partnership with the United Nations, have been viewed more than 2 million times.
Check out reports from Facebook (https://bit.ly/3oG6QdM ), Google (https://bit.ly/375hp4a ), Microsoft (https://bit.ly/3m95gzA ), TikTok (https://bit.ly/3mbawm0 ) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3gBkgos ). (Original version in French by Agathe Cherki)