New Facebook Policy To Reject Anti-Vaccination Ads

Facebook announced a new global ban of advertisements Tuesday that discourage users from getting vaccines, CNBC reported.

The social media platform said in a blog post the ban will exclude “ads that advocate for or against legislation or government policies around vaccines,” CNBC reported. But the organizations running the ads still need approval and an appropriate “paid for by” label accompanying the ad.

“Our goal is to help messages about the safety and efficacy of vaccines reach a broad group of people, while prohibiting ads with misinformation that could harm...