Facebook prohibits the publication of events against the quarantine for coronavirus

Facebook prohibits the publication of events against the quarantine for coronavirus

The social network has already removed "posts" promoting popular protests against confinement in the states of Nebraska, California, and New Jersey.

Facebook has taken several measures aimed at controlling the publications that are made within the platform about the coronavirus pandemic. If a few days ago the social network of Mark Zuckerberg warned that all the «posts» in which harmful health claims were made would be eliminated, now it has determined to end calls against the social containment measures implemented by governments.

These kinds of protests are currently being especially popular in the United States, where the Covid-19 has been hitting hard for weeks. As reported by the "NBC", Facebook already eliminated yesterday Monday events announcing street protests in the states of California, Nebraska or New Jersey after having held talks with the governments of each one.

From the social network, they express, in a statement sent to the media of the North American country, that "events that challenge the government's orientation on social distancing are not allowed on Facebook." However, they will allow the organization of protest movements against the measures in those localities where the demonstrations do not violate the laws.

For his part, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in an interview with the American program Good Morning America on "ABC News", stated that the publication of events aimed at protesting the measures of confinement can be considered as "harmful disinformation". "I think many of the things that people are saying about this being a bogus health emergency can be classified as harmful disinformation because of the risk of leading to physical harm," Zuckerberg said during the interview.

It should be remembered that the social network announced last week that all publications, related to the coronavirus, in which uncertain and harmful comments are made to health are removed from the platform. Also that those users who interact with this type of «posts» will receive messages with the hoaxes denied by the WHO about the disease. "" Examples of misinformation that we have eliminated include damaging claims such as drinking bleach to cure the virus and theories that social distancing is not effective in preventing the spread of the disease, "said Guy Rosen, vice president of network integrity. Social.