Under increased pressure to battle coronavirus-related misinformation, Facebook said Wednesday it is still taking down copious posts, pages and accounts circulating dubious claims about the virus and vaccines—but has noticed signs of an overall decline in vaccine hesitancy among users of its platform globally.
Though it didn’t offer up hard data on how frequently vaccine misinformation is being shared, Facebook detailed signs of declining vaccine hesitancy in its community standards enforcement report released Wednesday.
The company cited a survey conducted in partnership with Carnegie-Mellon and the University of Maryland which it said found a positive change in attitude in many countries since the start of this year—including increases in vaccine acceptance by 35% in France, 25% in Indonesia and 20% in Nigeria.
Vaccine hesitancy has also dropped by 50% in the U.S., Facebook said, though it did not directly back up this claim and did not immediately respond to a request from Forbes for more information.
The report touted views of authoritative vaccine content as another sign of declining vaccine hesitancy, such as a quarter of Facebook users having “already seen someone use the UNICEF Covid-19 vaccine profile frames.”
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