Facebook has stemmed the tide of COVID-19 disinformation on its platform and is now part of the solution to anti-vaxxer “rubbish”, rather than part of the problem, Australia’s peak body for general practitioners has said.

Just a year after the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners warned that Facebook and Twitter were holding back the battle against COVID-19 through their continual publication of “dangerous anti-vaxxer messaging”, the RACGP has applauded Facebook, citing its recent de-platforming of groups like Reignite Democracy Australia as a pivotal moment in the war against COVID-19 disinformation.