| Coronavirus vaccine disinformation: new reports from online platforms to inform Code of Practice revamp - 26/03/2021 |
| European Commission |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The Commission has published the new reports by Twitter, TikTok, Google, and Microsoft on measures they took in February 2021 against vaccine disinformation as signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation. The reports show that Twitter updated its COVID-19 search prompts in the EU to include authoritative information on vaccines, and activated the hashtag #Vaccinated in 24 languages for users to show their support for vaccination. TikTok launched a new feature placing a banner across videos warning users they may contain unverified content and prompting a message before they share the flagged video. Google's Search feature, showing reliable information on vaccines and statistics in response to related searches, is now active in all 27 EU countries and YouTube removed 30,000 videos that included claims contradicting consensus among health authorities. |
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