Google, Facebook and Microsoft remove millions of false Covid posts

In September, Facebook removed more than 120,000 pieces of content in the EU for violating Covid-19 and vaccines misinformation on both Facebook and Instagram. Picture: Pexels

The sheer scale of disinformation online has been laid bare in an EU report that shows Microsoft, Google, and Facebook removed millions of ads and posts in September and October.

As part of the European Commission's code of practice, to which the online giants have signed up, the firms report how many posts, pieces of content, and ads that have been removed monthly for disseminating false Covid-19 information.