Facebook to label all posts that discuss coronavirus vaccines

Facebook will start labeling all posts that discuss COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to combat misinformation, the company said Monday.

Facebook will initially add labels with information from the World Health Organization to posts that discuss the safety of vaccines, Facebook said in a blog post. The labels will state that vaccines go through testing for safety and efficacy before they are approved.

The social media giant said it will then roll out labels in the coming weeks for more general posts about the vaccines that will point users to information about them, and plans to add additional targeted labels with subtopics about the inoculations.

Facebook’s push comes as officials have scrutinized the platform’s handling of misinformation about the coronavirus and the vaccines.