Facebook has removed a post by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suspended a chatbot operated by his page for violating the company’s privacy policy.
According to The Jerusalem Post newspaper, Facebook took the move after Netanyahu's page asked to provide personal details of people over the age of 60, who did not get the coronavirus vaccination.
Facebook has deleted a post by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suspended a chatbot linked to his account for violating the company's privacy policy https://t.co/bMgnjfNiM5
— CNN (@CNN) January 25, 2021
On Thursday, Netanyahu's account on Twitter and Facebook published calls for the people over 60 to get the vaccination.
So far, the data of the Israeli Health Ministry says that more than 2.5 million Israelis received the vaccine.
Facebook suspends Netanyahu’s chatbot for seeking to ID unvaccinated Israelis. Social media giant also deletes post by PM over privacy violation, says its platform cannot be used to request medical informationhttps://t.co/TYlCP4ZEe9
— Tal Schneider טל שניידר تال شنايدر (@talschneider) January 25, 2021
"In accordance with our privacy policy, we don't allow content that shares or asks for people's medical information," Facebook said in a statement cited by the newspaper.
Netanyahu's Likud party said in a statement that Netanyahu meant to help in the awareness campaign to take the vaccination and to convince the people over 60 who are still hesitating to receive the vaccine.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
