The Technology 202: Facebook is cracking down on all vaccine misinformation after years of pressure Cat Zakrzewski
with Aaron Schaffer Facebook says it’s going to remove common misleading claims about vaccines after allowing health misinformation to flourish on its platform for years. The company is going farther than its decision in December to remove claims about the coronavirus vaccines debunked by government health agencies amid public health efforts to boost confidence in the immunizations. Now the company will start prohibiting claims including that vaccines are toxic, cause autism or that it’s safer to get the disease they re intended to prevent.
The Daily 202: Biden’s Yemen policy breaks with Obama. There may be more daylight to come. Olivier Knox
vaccines and variants.
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Barack Obama began U.S. cooperation with the Saudi-led war in Yemen, fueling what is now the world’s “
, even as his administration pared back some key elements. President Biden announced Thursday he’s keeping a campaign pledge and ending America’s five-year involvement. The news came in the Delaware Democrat’s first foreign policy speech since taking office, a whirlwind 20-minute rhetorical world tour in which he promised a hard line on China and Russia but did not mention North Korea, Afghanistan, or the Iran nuclear deal.
The Proud Boys are encouraging their members to stay home, but other heavily armed and politically motivated extremists could gather in state capitals, leading to violent clashes.