Facebook is temporarily banning ads and listings that sell medical face masks, and outlines changes to keep Instagram users “safe and informed” on COVID-19
a hundred maybe? — ads of this sort. They are frankly disgusting, and you should have acted way, way earlier. https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/... @instagramcomms : We're removing known harmful misinformation related to COVID-19, and when someone taps on a hashtag related to COVID-19, we show resources from @WHO, @CDC and local health authorities. https://twitter.com/... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : This is why Pinterest's proactive leadership moves on this were important. It's likely pushing Facebook to try to keep up and do something right for a change. https://twitter.com/... Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus / @drtedros : It's great when businesses step up & play their part in the #COVID19 response. These new steps by @instagram & @Facebook are aimed at making sure life-saving personal protective equipment is preserved for those who need it most, esp frontline #healthworkers. https://twitter.com/... Biz Carson / @bizcarson : Just a reminder that Zuckerberg's college buddy (who has no medical background or expertise) is leading Facebook's coronavirus response. Story here from @issielapowsky: https://www.protocol.com/... Expand More For Next Unexpand More For Next
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Discussion
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@instagramcomms
@instagramcomms
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We're working to keep the Instagram community safe and informed on COVID-19. Here's an update on some of the changes we've made so far:
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@robleathern
Rob Leathern
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Update: We're banning ads and commerce listings selling medical face masks. We're monitoring COVID19 closely and will make necessary updates to our policies if we see people trying to exploit this public health emergency. We'll start rolling out this change in the days ahead.
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@robleathern
Rob Leathern
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We are rolling this out in the coming days, and anticipate profiteers will evolve their approach as we enforce on these ads. Please report if you see such ads showing up (top right corner of ad) and flag here as well for our teams to action https://twitter.com/...
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@mosseri
Adam Mosseri
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Update: We're banning ads and commerce listings selling medical face masks on Instagram and Facebook. Supplies are short, prices are up, and we're against people exploiting this public health emergency. We'll start rolling this out over the next few days. https://about.fb.com/...
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@mosseri
Adam Mosseri
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Here are some more details on what we're doing at Instagram around COVID-19. https://twitter.com/...
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@instagramcomms
@instagramcomms
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Finally, we're thinking through a longer term solution to help connect people searching COVID-19 related terms with credible information. In the meantime, we're showing the accounts of leading health organizations in these searches to better connect people to credible resources. …
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@instagramcomms
@instagramcomms
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We're also: -Sending posts that may be misleading to our fact-checking partners for review -Blocking and restricting hashtags being used to spread misinformation -Banning ads exploiting the situation
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@fabiochiusi
Fabio Chiusi
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If you need evidence, @facebook, I saved dozens — a hundred maybe? — ads of this sort. They are frankly disgusting, and you should have acted way, way earlier. https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@instagramcomms
@instagramcomms
on x
We're removing known harmful misinformation related to COVID-19, and when someone taps on a hashtag related to COVID-19, we show resources from @WHO, @CDC and local health authorities. https://twitter.com/...
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
on x
This is why Pinterest's proactive leadership moves on this were important. It's likely pushing Facebook to try to keep up and do something right for a change. https://twitter.com/...
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@drtedros
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
on x
It's great when businesses step up & play their part in the #COVID19 response. These new steps by @instagram & @Facebook are aimed at making sure life-saving personal protective equipment is preserved for those who need it most, esp frontline #healthworkers. https://twitter.com/.…
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@bizcarson
Biz Carson
on x
Just a reminder that Zuckerberg's college buddy (who has no medical background or expertise) is leading Facebook's coronavirus response. Story here from @issielapowsky: https://www.protocol.com/...
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@annierpalmer
Annie Palmer
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eBay has stepped up its efforts to prevent price gouging by issuing a blanket ban on all hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes and surgical masks, including N95 and N100 masks. Before the ban, I found a pack of five 2.5-ounce hand sanitizer that cost $500. https://www.cnbc.com/...