San Francisco, Aug 19 (TIWN) Facebook has removed more than 20 million pieces of content from its platform and Instagram globally for violation of its policies on Covid-related misinformation, the social media giant said.

Since the start of the pandemic last year till June this year, Facebook removed over 3,000 accounts, pages, and groups for repeatedly violating the rules against spreading Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. 

"Covid-19 is still a major public health issue, and we are committed to helping people get authoritative information, including vaccine information. We continue to remove harmful Covid-19 misinformation and prohibit ads that try to exploit the pandemic for financial gain," Guy Rosen, VP of Integrity, Facebook, said in a post.  The social networking platform has also displayed warnings on more than 190 million pieces of Covid-related content on Facebook that were rated as false, partly false, altered or missing context.