Facebook says it will finally ban anti-vaccination ads
- Facebook said Tuesday it is launching a new global policy that bans ads that discourage people from getting vaccines.
- The company previously had a policy against vaccine hoaxes that were publicly identified by global health organizations.
- Facebook will still allow ads that advocate for or against legislation of government policies around vaccines, including the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Facebook’s new campaign for flu shots.
Facebook said Tuesday it is launching a new global policy that bans ads that discourage people from getting vaccines. The company previously had a policy against vaccine hoaxes that were publicly identified by global health organizations.

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“Now, if an ad explicitly discourages someone from getting a vaccine, we’ll reject it,” the company’s head of health, Kang-Xing Jin, and its director of product management, Rob Leathern, said in a blog post Tuesday.
The new ban comes amid a series of policy changes announced