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False rumours have circulated on Facebook in France that vaccinated people are more likely to infect others with new strains. Immunologists and the WHO have reiterated that there is "no evidence" of this.
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Facebook removed anti-vaccine content in Israel after a Justice Ministry request, according to Reuters. The content posted on four Hebrew-language groups included photos, videos, and text posts, per the report. It said vaccines included microscopic tracking chips. "It's a small shot for a person and a huge step toward the health of us all," he said, per The Jerusalem Post. In March 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Facebook announced its plans to reduce the spread of vaccine misinformation. Officials from the Israeli justice ministry asked the social media company to remove four groups that had posted "deliberately mendacious content designed to mislead about coronavirus vaccines," a ministry representative told Reuters.
False claims have suggested a link between Coronavirus jabs and the new HIV variant that emerged in the Netherlands.View on euronews
Spotify acknowledged that podcast episodes featuring racist language were taken down at their urging - but insisted that the company wasn’t Rogan's publisher.View on euronews
During the Covid-19 pandemic, misinformation has caused confusion and led people to decline Covid-19 vaccines, reject public health measures such as masking and physical distancing, and use unproven treatments. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis debunks some myths about the vaccine.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.
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