Instagram has been marking posts and stories that mention COVID or the vaccine with an information label with a link to learn more about COVID from a verified source such as the World Health Orginization (WHO) or the Center for Disease Control (CDC). If a post contains claims or information that goes against or violates Instagram's COVID-19 and vaccine policy, Instagram will remove the posts.
It is important that large companies are taking misinformation seriously, and doing their best to try and stop the spread of misinformation. Especially when misinformation can lead to negatively impacting others. When going through the policy, there are some interesting points, (that to my own non-scientist eye) seem incorrect in themselves. Just a few days ago, the administration of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine has been halted due to rare side affects of blood clotting. Yet under Instagram's policy, posts can be removed based on sharing "Claims about the safety or serious side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, including: Claims that COVID-19 vaccines kill or seriously harm people (such as, causing blood clots)."
My hope is that Instagram updates their policies as new discoveries and updates are made as we learn more about the virus each day and the vaccines that are being distributed to stop the spread.
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