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 In a blog post
https://newsroom.fb.com
/news/2019/07/addressing-sensational-health-claims, the social media
company said it had made two updates last month to reduce posts with
exaggerated or sensational health claims.
Facebook said it will take actions to reduce posts making assertions
about a "miracle cure", and against the ones aimed to promote
products or services on health-related claims, such as a pill for
weight loss.
The company and its peers around the world are under growing
pressure to rid their platforms of fake news and misinformation, and
the spread of misleading health claims were highlighted as a concern
in some recent media reports.
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The Wall Street Journal had earlier reported that Facebook and
YouTube were filled with "harmful information" about health
treatments.
"We know that people don't like posts that are sensational or spammy,
and misleading health content is particularly bad for our
community," Facebook product manager Travis Yeh said.
The update will not have a major impact on users' news feed,
Facebook said.
(Reporting by Sayanti Chakraborty in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil
D'Silva and Shounak Dasgupta)
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